"People look for the good stuff..!" An even lamer excuse...

"And...well, I'll admit that I try to defend the train a lot most of the time- it doesn't really...have a human mind, if that makes sense. The way it tried to communicate confirmed it. Naturally, there are a lot of things it could have done better but... ...at the very least, it seems to be making an effort, so I have some sympathy for it."