"It was an incredible experience. To have something like that speaking directly to you is unbelievable. I had an iPhone at the time and I thought that was the smartest computer I would ever see, but nothing compares to the Machine Finch created."

He's quiet for a moment and then he says, "For me it was only an hour, but we had another associate named Root and she found herself connected to the Machine long term. Willingly, of course, she wanted to have that connection and she... well, she always seemed a little nutty, but I don't think having the Machine in her head all the time helped."

It had been an incredible experience, he means that sincerely, and he knows how hearing the Machine in such a way would make someone a consistently better agent. But eventually it would be too much. Or it would have been for him.