They are missing enough points of the story to where I genuinely think its a possibility even if it shouldn't be possible to miss the adaptation this badly.
Sure she's been useless and an active detriment until that point but she had reflected and finally done something positive (getting water) and he completely denies even that.
The "my mom is calling for me" is him just trying to avoid social situations he doesn't want to be in. It's his only excuse because his mom is his only pillar irl and he can't think of alternative reasons to go.
There are no stakes anywhere in this story, he has infected other things so even if hobgoblin died consciousness should be completely fine.
Edit: Obviously he is going to transfer to the robot successfully (assuming it continues at all) but he is never actually in danger
Humans and AI already had their war in this universe, they moved on and are left with this. Always love seeing this kind of world building where it actually feels like the world does stuff outside of when mc exists
I mean it just sounds like a weird joke to her, to us it's obvious but if someone says something like that to you then there's no way thats your first thought.
True where are my evil dwarves?
I would say evil elves but they already get thrown under the horny bus so they already have enough bad things coming their way.
The point is that she ISN'T doing it during a conversation (except for "I love you")
Every other time has been when they are just sitting around or doing something else or after a conversation ended.