Toshi wishes Barnaby knew him as well. He wishes with a terrible ache, a pain that stabs each time he looks at Barnaby's face and sees confusion there, sees that lack of remembering. He knows this must be even harder on the hero, though, so he locks that all very tightly away. Barnaby needs him, and he suffers more from this than the android does.

He doesn't think it's forgetting... the forgetting looks and feels different, from his observations. But time may tell. The facts are, Barnaby doesn't know him, and needs to be told. "It doesn't sound strange." It really doesn't. It makes perfect sense.

Oof he knew this explanation wouldn't be pretty. He tries not to wince, nods instead. Yes, an H unit like the other battle units. Yes you fought them. Yes, Kotetsu adopted him and gave him a name... a nickname, but a name nonetheless. He's somewhat tensed, ready for Barnaby to reject that as too unlikely. He will leave, if he's too suspicious and unwelcome. No matter how much it hurts.

Nothing could hurt the way that question does. Toshi recalls the pain on Barnaby's face when he first learned, back home, what Toshi's purpose was. He swallows hard, unable to make words work. "I was. Designed to function as an... obedient replacement for Wild Tiger. My... creator... coveted..." He can't finish it. He swallows again and stares into the middle distance.