"That's a way of looking at it, yes. You're more than data though, because now you've diverged from the original into your own version of yourself." That's actually a probably better way of putting it than the way Max did.

"I see. That part at least is understandable. For what it's worth there's always a chance the Captain is lying. I don't think he is in this case, but I've been wrong in the past. Rarely."