"I can see how that'd throw him for the proverbial loop. Or the causal loop."

He takes a moment to think over the information chunk Ned's just dropped on him. It's odd to think of Daneel being in service to humans when he already seems so much like one. "To protect and serve." He huffs out a chuckle. "So with all the new input, is he still protecting and serving the local population of humans?" It would explain why he'd been so helpful, but Dirk doesn't know how he feels about someone with Daneel's doubts and self-proclaimed desires continuing to see himself as something dependent on humanity for a purpose. "Is he serving you?"