Nick's seen enough weird shit in the past few years that Connor's sudden de-pantsing and offer to switch his skin off just earns him a light laugh of amusement. It also helps that he's not a creep, so it all comes across as genuinely helpful.

"Let's go with off for now," she says, and sits down on the floor so she can work on his knee at a better view. She frowns faintly as she gives the damage a thorough visual inspection.

"Navi wasn't AI - they were grown, like test tube babies? Except they're space ships. But you'd kinda get into the ship if you were on it, I guess - everyone got these weird symbols on their hands, mine faded when I ended up here, and Navi had one too." She taps at the center of her forehead to indicate where that symbol was located. "Navi didn't really talk, but we had this - mental link? I think that's what you'd call it, basically Navi talked to us all telepathically. Everyone on the ship also had a partner, and you could talk to your partner that way, too. Navi said they were powered by the energy made by good partnerships - which I guess ain't the weirdest thing. The assholes in Hadriel were powered by emotions. At least Navi didn't do shit like bury us alive to scare us."