The Exo smiles wryly. "Memories have a way of doing that. Anyway, if you don't feel up to it, no one's forcing you."

They don't even have drinks to share over story swapping- not that there's much swapping going on, but it still feels weird having such serious conversations without some liquor to hide behind. Cloud continues with his story though, so it's only fair the Cayde feels he should hear him out.

"Okay, so maybe you should explain what this Mako stuff is. I'm assuming it's some kind of...power source or something? Radioactive? Is that why the eyes glow? There was a lot of stuff with Mako reactors so..."

A pause. "...you drop out of being this super-infused soldier thingy?"