"W-W-Wu-Wu-Wu-Wait a minute!" Ketis shouted in growing panic. "Aren't sentient AIs supposed to be impossible?! Ves, you taught me that no one has ever created a sentient AI! Isn't this thing called Sigrund bluffing?!"
[I COULD. MAYBE I AM A SET OF CODE AND LOGIC THAT IS MERELY EMULATING SENTIENCE. BELIEVE WHAT YOU WILL IF THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER. YOUR OPINIONS ON MY NATURE ARE COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT.]
"I believe Sigrund's claims. He's definitely sentient. Trust me on this." Ves said as he finally figured out why he felt so uneasy near the mainframe.
It was because of sixth sense warned him of a threat hiding underneath the shielding locking down the experimental processor core! When the lockdown lifted and the mainframe went active, the pressure it radiated steadily grew in strength, as if some formidable entity's spirituality roused itself from its slumber!