Oh boy it sure does. They both know it. So it's a relief when 9S pushes forward with hypotheticals... instead of too-familiar particulars...

But less of a relief when those elaborations come out.

"S-So, you learned a little mind control, yourself?" It does sound like what happened in Wismuth. Forcing through somebody's will, into peoples' minds, and... changing them. He shudders, and focuses on the bottom line here. "And... You could stop people from hurting anybody?"