Covering your tracks

Our ship…isn't like…a dirigible. Dirigibles go up because of helium.

We have a fusion engine. When it makes helium, our ship goes up. See? There's no major difference between our ship and a dirigible.

I think…I will only…talk to Florence about technology. When I talk to Sam..my brain keeps trying to lock up.

That is why Helix sometimes shows miracles of ingenuity, sometimes clumsy stupidity. If it's Helix, of course, and not Mark (Robot Spike)
Helix is not stupid, he is childish and therefore behaves like a child (ANDroidFox)