9S watches silently at first. He recognises that sort of laugh. It's the laugh of someone who's drowning in loss and despair. It's a mirror of his own laugh when he left the Prince's ball, emotionally broken and beaten. So the arm wasn't just about the arm, though he can't figure out what.

He doesn't know the history behind this arm. He wants to find out. But he senses now isn't the time.

He hesitates. They're not really close and don't have the same kind of understanding he had with Cole. So he bites back some of his words -- I know being alive is full of pain -- and settles for, "Maybe he does." Who is this he? But also... "Is there something stopping you from telling him?"