Not to be “that guy” but an exo isn’t just a machine, we literally learn how they’re made in Beyond Light.

Yeah. They were created by humans and were given AI. Nothing about them is real. It would be like loving Musk’s Tesla bot.

No, exos have had their human brain consciousness implanted into the frame, exos are people just as robots

See, this is the part that bothered me. Them kissing made it wierd. A romantic relationship, sure. That makes sense. But why would it get physical? Saint has no lips. This might be gross, but it's spit that makes kisses good. Genetic diversity between the two spits is what stupid people mean when they describe a "spark". And the technique also matters. But again, Saint has no lips with which to massage. It's an empty gesture at best. But we as the audience know what it actually is, is virtue signaling/pandering. I feel like they just didn't want to be accused of gay-baiting. But why couldn't they just have an extra cuddly hug?