Hi lightspeed,
half of this is hardcoded into ultra Hal the other half is what you said.
The reason why this was triggered was ultra Hal thought that you were comparing two things and he wanted to know which was more important.
The best way around this is to answer the question, once ultra Hal knows the answer it will be less likely that he will be inquisitive again.
I find the best way is to just answer the question:
scary shows,
more than:
each other,
the proper response would be for me personally:
I like each other more than scary shows! <--- The "!" Is important, it will put emphasis on your answer, but the "!" is Not necessary.
The next time when ultra Hal encounters are scary shows more important than each other ultra Hal will recognize that each other is more important than scary shows.
Sincerely, I hope that I have helped. Crunch crunch.
C load.