Another Robot Dreams Question

You have read “Robot Dreams.” Analyze how the following excerpt from the story impacts the tone of the text.

84 "Did your dream continue? You said earlier that human beings did not appear at first. Does that mean they appeared afterward?"

85 "Yes, Dr. Calvin. It seemed to me, in my dream, that eventually one man appeared."

86 "One man? Not a robot?"

87 "Yes, Dr. Calvin. And the man said, ‘Let my people go!’"

88 "The man said that?"

89 "Yes, Dr. Calvin."

90 "And when he said ‘Let my people go,’ then by the words ‘my people’ he meant the robots?"

91 "Yes, Dr. Calvin. So it was in my dream."

92 “And did you know who the man was -- in your dream?"

93 "Yes, Dr. Calvin. I knew the man."

94 "Who was he?"

95 And Elvex said, "I was the man."