[ After a moment, both of them seem to carry the weight of that heavy topic on their shoulders more than anywhere else, so Aoba leaps on the opportunity to change the subject. ]

More of the latter than the former. I'm not exactly formally trained.

[ He's self-taught, and he has a love of making old, obsolete tech relevant. He's kind of a hipster in his own way, it seems. ]

Now it's your turn.

I want to hear all about your back story. I mean... every hero has one, right?