[ Oh, no. Oh that isn't what Ben had been imagining, at all. He had assumed - foolishly - that Genji was more like himself. Someone who didn't like being read, giving himself away with expressions and the like He hadn't considered that Genji might be, according to some people's ideas, unpleasant to look at. Someone whose appearance would provoke fear or pity. ]

You have cybernetics? Like implants? Why? Why do people freak out when they see how you look?

[ It's difficult to say if Genji will hear those questions. Ben is clamping his hands over his mouth pretty hard. Of course, it's the truth that he wants to know what's up with Genji's looks that would make people react that way. But he would never in a million years just ask like that. It's worse than rude - it's offensive, it's cruel, Ben doesn't want to be cruel. Genji had been so kind to him.

He moves his hands so that Genji will be able to clearly hear: ]

I didn't mean to ask any of that. Something's making me say things I don't want to say out loud and I can't not do it. Do you think this is mind control? Is someone controlling us? Like Allison?

[ Genji had read those comics, he'll know what Ben is referring to. Obviously none of this is Allison's fault, but that strange compulsion of course reminds Ben of her rumors. ]