"N-not very, b-but, if you'd like, on the sh-ship, I have a s-spare system an s-some games."

He went a little red and admitted, "I w-would be interested in meeting your friend. I-it's outta my a-area ta work w-with sentient AIs, b-but they seem r-really prevalent on th-the ship. I'm r-really curious what c-causes the ch-change from n-numbers to a p-person."

At home he might not have been able to conceive thinking of a program as a person, but Stacy was a person- his feelings about her aside- and so was Tron. Even if he had been resistant at first, he had to admit that they really were people in their own rights, even if he wasn't sure what the difference really was.