"Y-You c-can't even l-let us t-try ta a-access your c-code? We've got e-enough p-programmers here... O-ones wh-who are f-from e-even more a-advanced worlds th-than mine. I-if we a-all work together..."

He was calming down a bit, but only a bit. Programs were supposed to either just do what their code told them, or be able to control what they did. He had never even really thought of there being an in-between. Once an AI got sentience, it was supposed to be able to change it's own code... right?