Mirage and the Quest for the Bamboozle Gem

Crypto had just finished the necessary changes to Hack's AI. After his recent adventure in Equestria, the words that Twilight said to him had been stuck in his mind for quite some time. Because of this, he finally took the time to do what she thought would be best. It took several days of planning, and many more to actually carry them out, but with the upgrades completed, he stepped back and powered up the drone. It took a second to boot up, but began hovering in the air not too long afterward. Now was the moment of truth.

"Hack, can you hear me?" said Crypto. He didn't expect anything to work right away, as this was only the first trail phase. But even then, he hoped for the best.

"Yes I can." The drone successfully replied to Crypto's words. He was astonished to say the least. "It's a pleasure to see you again, Sir. Your heart rate is increasing rapidly. You seem rather excited. Is everything all right?"

"Oh, believe me. Everything is much better now that you're talking." said Crypto. He looked at the drone with a small smirk, thinking of the princess of Equestria as he did so. "Thanks for the idea, Twilight. Maybe things will be a bit more… interesting."

"I see that you have given me a consciousness of sorts." Hack said after scanning through its code and finding all the new updates it received. "Might I ask why?"

"I don't honestly know." Crypto admitted, shrugging his shoulders. "Let's find out together, shall we?"

"Interesting answer... but my objective is to help you, so I will help you find out why you built me with this concious." said Hack.

"Well, maybe I should allow you to speak less like a robot before we do that. Don't want to irritate the others with your purely factual statements and observations."