No -- no, no. You never will. Poor fool. Poor, poor fool.

[He settles his weight against the other -- undeniable proof of his presence, that way. His engine is humming, whole frame vibrating with the pleasure of being noticed. Spoken to.]

You're interested. Interested, he says! Does he know what that means? Does he -- ? I don't think he does. He knows the rest -- all he is allowed to.

[No one knows, for example, the specifics of his time with his double. Everything he did to the other ninja. That was his, and his alone.]

[He turns his head slowly, and goes very still.]

[Dangerously still.]

What is this. What is happening.