"Did I say that? Nooo. If you told him that it would be lying."
Not that the Gundam actually cared about lying. Much. But it was fun to accuse.
Then it occurred to the robot that Grayson could leave. That wasn't so bad, so long as someone came back.
It spun through it's layer of data and zero's and ones and literally started to use a different drive to think with. "Will Pilot 02 be alright?" it asked, after a moment, wiggling the hatch a little just to make sure it worked properly. And could slam shut at a moments notice. It was trying to do the pinned-in-the-earth equivalent of kicking at a pebble that's not really there.