"Huh? Oh— hey, Kai." It's good to see the squid kid out and about, even if the circumstances leave something to be desired. "Thanks." He takes the bottle of water and smiles, but it's all automatic – he's still distracted by the clock mystery.
"You didn't see anyone over here messing around with this earlier, did you?" he asks, indicating the clock. It's hard to imagine someone sneaking over here and reassembling the whole clock without Tony noticing, given that the table is in clear view of the work site. But the alternative is that the clock reassembled itself, which... okay, sure, that's not impossible, in Konryu, but it would be pretty damn strange.
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"You didn't see anyone over here messing around with this earlier, did you?" he asks, indicating the clock. It's hard to imagine someone sneaking over here and reassembling the whole clock without Tony noticing, given that the table is in clear view of the work site. But the alternative is that the clock reassembled itself, which... okay, sure, that's not impossible, in Konryu, but it would be pretty damn strange.