[he seems much more comfortable, as always, when he gets his leg off. uncoupling the rest will take a little more time and he has to sit to do it, so he doesn't mind that Tek is keeping himself busy while he carefully peels things away from what's left of his thigh.

Tek's question gets him to look up... not because it's particularly surprising, but because it isn't something he's really had to consider before.]

A clever person? Probably about a week for the basics, maybe a month if you want to be able to go about it with any nuance. And the particulars will change from neighborhood to neighborhood, so there's that.

[he goes back to his leg. he pulls off the last of the things bolted into his leg with a small wince, setting them carefully down next to his other things.]

Why? [he shoots Tek another sidelong glance, off his bad side.] Are you not getting into enough trouble on your own, babe?