"I prefer to include others. It is my understanding that significant knowledge is not intended to be hidden from others. Particularly not from those one might consider a friend. It cannot be singularly owned." Beings who prefer otherwise have never made entirely logical sense to him. "After all, if I had not been discovered by Starfleet and made known, my creator's own discoveries in cybernetic advancement would have perished with him. In turn, my origins on Omicron Theta would not have merited further investigation. The colonists' facilities may never have been discovered, and Lore may never have been reassembled."

At that, he briefly hesitates.

"Although he posed a considerable threat to the Enterprise upon his activation, without his knowledge, the fate of the colonists would have remained unknown, as well as much about the nature of the crystalline entity itself. In that regard, it may be ultimately beneficial that you did not follow through on your feeling. By the very nature of our similar design, it is not unusual that Lore was able to impersonate me without drawing overt attention to himself for a time."

A rather roundabout way of reaching his point, but nonetheless.