Newt. [Do they shake hands, or... Nah, best not. That'd make it weird probably.] I know you only mentioned, uh. "Roboty things" as an aside, but...

[He almost stalls, trying to battle his pride long enough to actually get to the whole, "hey can you help a guy out?" Part of this whole thing. He's still managing this whole forced cyborgification thing and clearly not great at acknowledging that there's a chance everything is not perfectly fine. But needs must, etc. Paranoia wins.]

I just want to be completely sure my internal comms aren't compromised. [hhhhh] I was hoping that's something you'd be able to check.