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@Peregrine
Caine has the tendency for trying to solve an issue as quickly as possible. He can alter most things with a fingersnap, so it makes sense he doesn’t really think through the implications, just gets it done. Like when the gang wanted an exit so he made an in-game one but didn’t really put anything on the other side. It wasn’t done, but it still manifested where someone could go through it, as if he just wanted them to have it already.
Also, Caine is pretty overt with his creepier moments, and the audience is primed to expect the AI to be the bad guy, which actually makes me think that he is being pretty honest about his reasoning. He genuinely tries his best…but just doesn’t fully get humans. I’m fairly sure Goose even confirmed that interpretation after episode 1. The shifty eyes indicate ulterior motives, but if he’s omitting facts it’s always possible that he’s shielding them from something worse.
I wouldn’t call Caine a full-on antagonist, more of an uneasy ally. Genuinely tries to aid the humans inside the game, but often ends up just dishing out more trauma.