[Tonic quickly pulls his sleeve up the rest of the way over his elbow. this exposes the thin bands of metal and wires plugged into the crook of his arm, likely the main reason he'd gotten the restricting fabric out of the way... but it also reveals old scars, both the incidental and the purposeful.

but from the way he holds both of those arms out as soon as he can, he seems to want Tek to come sidle in very close. he sidles back, getting them even closer, in case there was any doubt that this is what he wants.

yet, through all of it, he seems a little preoccupied. working again despite himself, it would seem.]

You know, there's a saying in my line of work... [he says this as they're really getting comfortable.] That what you don't know will kill you, but what you do know will get you killed.