That did nothing to allay Harpuia's confusion. Quite the opposite, in fact. Neo Arcadia may have continued the legacy of Maverick elimination, but the Maverick Hunters had been disbanded before he had even been built. For X to not only claim ignorance of Neo Arcadia, but call himself a Hunter... he would have to be missing centuries' worth of memory. Had his memory banks been tinkered with when he'd been moved into that eerily human shell? If that was the case, then why was Harpuia's memory still intact? He had a complete mental record from the time of his activation to the time of his death.

Or was this maybe some sort of punishment? If Harpuia had been the type to believe in that sort of thing, he might be tempted to note the cruel, all-too-fitting irony of the situation. In life, he'd been a traitor to Neo Arcadia, and now... he didn't exist in his Master's memory at all. It was too cutting a thought for him to entertain it for long; he pushed it aside quickly, focusing instead on the rational, probable outcome. If X was talking about an organization that had existed hundreds of years ago, then...

"Master X... I know the question seems strange, but... exactly what century is it?"