[Normally he'd offer to help, but given his... condition he doubts he could get close to the Electrode without them setting off at the mere sight of him. It's the same reason why he hasn't let any of his Pokémon out of their Pokéballs. He doesn't want to frighten any of them and risk getting punched in the brain by Alekhine or something along those lines.]
And I only flatter you because you deserve it.
[That is stated teasingly though, and Archer smirks. It's easy to go back to pretending like everything is perfectly fine. He's had to do it quite a few times while he was adapting to the automail, after all.]
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[Normally he'd offer to help, but given his... condition he doubts he could get close to the Electrode without them setting off at the mere sight of him. It's the same reason why he hasn't let any of his Pokémon out of their Pokéballs. He doesn't want to frighten any of them and risk getting punched in the brain by Alekhine or something along those lines.]
And I only flatter you because you deserve it.
[That is stated teasingly though, and Archer smirks. It's easy to go back to pretending like everything is perfectly fine. He's had to do it quite a few times while he was adapting to the automail, after all.]