What has my knowing you got to do with it, Kotetsu? I think you will recall a certain NEXT with the ability to make others do as he wished after a fashion—you know the one. No amount of knowing you would do me any good if, for reasons beyond your control and mine, you were to suddenly act...questionably.

[He ceased the massaging of the tendons in Kotetsu's hand, hoping that what little he'd done would promote a quicker recovery.

The things he knew how to do for being a vigilante...]

Please understand, my asking is nothing personal. I simply do not wish to see you or anyone else suffer. I have no Hero suit with which to don with scanners that will interpret things for me—my only weapons in the fight against injustice are my wits. This is the only way I am equipped to deal with things.