"Even if he was confused about that, Forte... he still thought he'd been abandoned..." says X.

"So," says Techno, fidgeting, "do you still need us for anything?"

"Maybe," says Zero, dashing the Twins' hopes of sneaking out of this mess. "When I was talking to Gospel, the idea of a VR 'punching bag' of Weil came up. Think you could set up something like that?" When X starts to say something, he continues with, "It won't really be human, just a simulation. And we won't tell Rock."