[It's pretty tempting to not say anything further, just let himself close his eyes and only focus on Kotone's hand gently stroking his face. He's sure that she wouldn't mind if he put it off for a bit longer, because she'll always be there for him like he is for her, but ironically enough, it's that thought that helps push Scott to continue past his anxiety. She's always made him feel better and sometimes worse, and it's a comfort to know that she's here right now with him.

He really loves her.

His hands loosen their hold on her, but he still keeps close, face buried safely in her grasp as he closes his eyes. Like this, he can just focus on Kotone's warmth, which is nice, but he can also easily picture the mechanical stare of those machines. At least it's a comfort to remember how she smashed them with her own powers, summoning her Personas to crush them without mercy.

Any other time, he'd consider it really hot--]

...They first appeared ten years ago on national television. [Scott's voice comes up, still carrying that quieter tone.] But... they're supposed to be decommissioned and the guy that built them got thrown in prison.

[Does that really mean anything though? It's easy to think that this place is just being crap like usual and bringing up stuff from the past, but Quentin mentioned that the Sentinels still exist in his timeline. They're still an active threat.]

People have accepted mutants more since then. [He thought so at least. Is he wrong? Everything seemed a lot harder in Quentin's timeline.]