[ oh, break. you have to learn to be on the receiving end too! it's good for you, personal growth. either way, rhys lets break hold his hand and doesn't really fuss. really, the weirder part here is that rhys feels the sensations of break's skin on his metal hand. how does that even work? who knows. ]

Like your eye, right? Leaving the socket empty... that's not something most people would do.

[ rhys can't imagine having a porcelain arm, actually. he'd break it immediately, he knows that much about himself. while he doesn't regret buying the arm and replacing it, there is a bit of fear of what would happen if he lost it. he's not sure he could live with just one arm -- it's petty but it's how he feels. ]

If... you have the money or if you can do it yourself. If you're poor, you can't replace anything and just have to work with what you've got. I wanted to replace it, I thought it would help me more in the long run. [ ... hm, break doesn't know about his eye either, does he? rhys decides he should add that in too. ] It's not just my arm either, I replaced one of my eyes. The left one, actually.

[ just like break! ]