User blog comment:Schiffy/BG9: Man, Machine, or Something Else Entirely?/@comment-6904925-20130920142806/@comment-11051098-20130921121352

"I think", "I fear", and other versions like "I'm afraid" and "I believe", it could just be a phrase like you're proposing. Anyway, I would say that the phrase is a sign that BG9 possesses logical thinking, no matter what it will be revealed to be.