He looks over at them and hums, "she does huh..?" His face stuffing slows down as he slips into thought. Machines as living beings. He's not sure how to think about that. He never was sure Before personally meeting her, all he had thought on the matter was an interest in Astra's opinion about her - that Ash's mindset and smarts was what made her important. But from what he has seen, it's definitely more than that. And he was sure that Astra saw that too. He wonders how she is taking the new information. 

She smiles wryly, "...I can't ever get you to really stop working fully. Just be careful, Dante. You already had that hunter's attention once... don't get their attention again, ok?"