That's remarkable. He steps back in, taking a closer look, debating whether to ask if he can touch it; he comes down on the side that he'd likely just make things worse.

"That really should have worked, though I'm sure I'm not the first to have tried. Come to that, if you were injured in the Metaverse, the injury should have healed itself when you left. And it didn't?"

If Amada can do that, that just adds a new layer to the threat.