[Kimblee doesn't pull away from what he's doing while Archer explains; it's...rather odd that Archer doesn't really need to move his face to speak to him properly and he isn't too sure what he thinks about that. After a moment he simply decides to find it interesting and not comment; he smirks a bit after Archer finishes speaking to him.]

Well, Hawkeye aside - that is rather impressive, I'll admit.

[His expression settles quickly, however, and he hesitates for a moment before shifting his hand up a bit toward that...whatever the hell apparatus Archer has going on over his left ear; he doesn't try to touch it, though for a moment he seems to be considering.]

Was the initial damage so extensive that this...alternate method of speaking was necessary?

[He seriously can't imagine that it was - he has no idea how Archer would have survived otherwise - but Archer had also mentioned an inability to eat normally as well...hm.]

I mean, what I'm not reconciling is that they managed to repair the damage here - [and his hand trails down over Archer's neck as he speaks] - and yet they couldn't fix the issues that came with it in any other way? I don't understand what they did with that, exactly.