"That's what I thought too," But his had come off without his noticing and simply disappeared. Which was... really weird. Incredibly weird. "Maybe mine was defective." And whoever was responsible for bringing him in knocked him out or something to replace it later? If so, why didn't they just bring a fresh replacement so he wouldn't notice? It didn't make much sense. If he found it he could at least put it in his pocket or something.

"Nida? Yeah, we live together. Same world." The implication was that they'd known each other from before, so it was only natural to bunk up with familiarity. What little piece of it they could find. "Thanks. Doubt we're gonna find it, be on my head if it turned up and I hadn't tried." He would try. No matter how futile he'd still try. Sometimes stubbornness came in handy.