"I... I guess. I know there are a few things that you can't get for someone else from them." Keith sighed a little, almost disappointed. But Shinji's question caught him off guard and he clenched his fists.

"What do you mean? I'm not..." His voice trailed off. Yes. Yes, he was. Who was he kidding? He took a breath, looking down. "I'm part of the reason he doesn't have it," he said quietly. "I had to cut off the first prosthetic because he was being mind controlled through it, and I couldn't think of any other way to stop it." He almost rubbed the scar on his face, but shifted his hand at the last second to rub the back of his neck instead, like he was self-conscious.