As a sentient AI, the subject of creating other sentient AIs had always been a priority to him. Sigrund used to be the only existence of his kind, and then ARCHIE came along and started to resemble him in more and more aspects, all without knowing why these changes were happening!
It had been the right decision for him to meet with Ves. As strange as his specialization may be to the fleeters, his work on living mechs clearly showed that he possessed unique insights into subjects like these. To be able to come up with a logical, if unsubstantiated explanation on how ARCHIE was transforming into a sentient AI proved that he could offer further assistance in the development of more powerful artificial intelligences!
The only problem was that the means of creating them was too controversial.