[ This wouldn't be the first time that someone has tried to tell Steve that a burden wasn't for him to carry. Even as far back as being told that he was exempt from joining the war effort, he's taken that kind of thing personally.

Cid seems to understand that much, maybe from what he remembers of scattered false memories, so Steve only gives him a wry smile and leaves it at that.

At the question, he nods. ]

Yeah. I don't know if you've met Aloy, she's in Solvunn, but the Thunderjaw is from her version of Earth. I was in close contact with her while I figured out how to overclock the manufacturing line in the base.

[ Allowing for some contained explosions. Thankfully it doesn't seem like there was much in the way of casualties. ]

What happened with the morbol, anyway? Is it still around?

[ Seeing how that's an oddly parallel version of this story. Hopefully the military didn't also take notes from the morbol to make some sort of poison gas... ]