"Didn't 'lose' it. Got taken from me," Xigbar lightly corrected, as though the matter amused him more than anything else. He squeezed those hands over his chest, grinning a little as he spoke. "Mind you, I deserved it for bein' a real moron and biting a baited hook an' all, but man! If I could do it all over again, I'd have stopped things then and there. Shame I can't, huh? Used to be a real trend-setter, me, and now I can't even feel for myself. Feel like I'm handicapped."

At that sudden determined look, Xigbar sharply barked out his laughter. "That's a good one! That's a good one. Nope, me and the whole crew get killed before we could figure it out. 'least that's what they tell me; I'm from pretty early on, when it comes to the experiments. There was another way that might've worked, but I never got a chance to try it."