Tyki would honestly have pulled away if he could have. He straightened a little, looking into Zechs' face and searching his expression. "That's what that helmet was?" he asked. "The ZERO? The thing that nearly destroyed your world?" He shook his head. "The thing you promised me you would not make?"

"Damnit, Zechs," he growled. "And what did it tell you? Did it tell you that I was in some kind of danger? That Hakuba was your enemy? Is that why I've been brought here to see this...this lunacy?"