"If I didn't enjoy data analysis I'd be a completely different person," Ian said, mildly amused. "Besides, writing programs to so...." Ian stopped themself and winced. "Ah, question. If you are a program... was I just about to accidentally be horribly offensive?"

Yes, the disc conversation was side-railed by Ian's determination to not other or offend someone else as they had been othered and offended.