"Nobody here can even approximate cryofreeze except maybe Kuai," they assure her wearily. "And don't think he's gonna. It's fine." No reason for her to worry about something that's never going to happen, even if they wanted it. Which they don't, not really.

They open their eyes again, this time just looking blankly across the kitchen. "Why is it. On the mend. Or getting better. People keep using those phrases." And Soldat can kind of see where they're coming from, a little bit, their opinions from the perspective of an actual functioning person, but... they function. Don't they?