Richie blinks, mental images immediately forming of old Futurama cartoons and heads in jars. Which, yeah, okay. This was much better than a jar, probably. At least it was ambulatory. But still. Brain in a metal body. It sounded equal parts creepy and cool.

"Huh. Wow. Uh. So were you...Like a baby...brain? And then got all strapped into the metal? Or were you a fleshy person for awhile and then got an upgrade?"