Unless it's some kind of... I dunno, symbolic thing. I wouldn't put it past the people running this.

This is seriously like trying to train three puppies at once or something. All with different tricks. [She rubs her forehead.] I'm pretty sure the "completely made up" situation is unlikely, since... I mean, geez. That level of complexity would be insane. [The player: ded from meta.]

Maybe it figured out you weren't going to kill it. I don't think I'd ascribe any sort of usual, uh, morality or logic to them. It almost seems like they've got some kind of hivemind going on.