It's a paraphrase of a line in the first game.
The game never flat out states it, but it's pretty obvious to anyone familiar with the series that he's Tracer Tong, an important character from the first game. Before the local Triad leader will help you out, you have to rescue his kidnapped son. The Stinger features Page speaking with Morgan Everett about the Morpheus Initiative, the program they created prior to the first game that led to the development of advanced AIs like Daedalus and Icarus.
