[Repurposed? Ha, no. Or not yet, anyway. The mainframe isn't planning to clarify that detail, though. Considering how his last evaluation went, he's not so eager to advertise his current state-of-code to anyone.]

No purpose? Arid, shutting down serves no purpose! Can you really tell yourself you'll be of more use to anyone by turning yourself off?

[Taken less literally, it's a painfully familiar argument. Never one Arid had agreed with, but... he'd thought she'd listened more than this. The frustration in the mainframe's tone bleeds out a little, voice quieting to the same exhaustion as before.]

...I told you already. Protocol doesn't give answers. And this isn't even that.

Choosing to stop thinking doesn't make it any less your choice.