"Despite his unreasonable behavior I am forced to agree with Drake." v2 said, standing up slowly as the man got more and more agitated. The heartless level that he had encounters before was spiking. v2 did not enjoy fighting humans by design. He was a weapon designed for the heartless. Drake, however, was very nearly a heartless. He did a quick hypothetical and found those parameters to be acceptable. v2 hoped that slap had knocked some sense into him, but was incapable of denying the part of himself that hoped it only agitated him further and gave v2 the pretext he needed to inflict violence on him. Such were the limits of his AI. 

"If this Shadow Nexus is bonded to him at the genetic level removing it could result in irreparable damage to his genetic code." He continued. "In addition, the protection of the princess is top priority. She does not seem to be experienced in the use of her powers.  If something should go wrong the power of the Shadow Nexus I observed in the battle could place her in immediate danger."