"Well, I can imagine that you have a lot of experience with breaking things. Some would probably even call you an expert at it, Cisco," Yamato says magnanimously, throwing Cisco a quick grin.

He lifts a shoulder in a quick shrug.

"He usually does, sooner or later, when he decides he has a use for us," he says. "But Gennai's never been exactly straightforward or communicative, so him vanishing for years at a time isn't that strange."