Severus makes a dismissive gesture. He doesn't give a damn about what people think emotional motivations of a massive space ship might be. "Sentimental idiots attempting to rationalize a predicament past the scope of their intellects down into familiar, shallow terms."

Who cares. Not him, obviously.

"Game is procedure is function, and function would be function without the rest just the same. Nothing actually changes if the ship is sad."

Her remarks about complicating, he ignores. He doesn't think she's on the same wavelength and he's not patient enough to explain it further, especially to someone who has no magical ability. Some things don't translate.