[If there was one thing Al had never considered, it would be that he still had to conceal this situation from people when he actually had his body back. But he can't bring himself to tell Hiro the truth, because it would lead to the Truth, and neither one of them wanted that.]

R-Right, I'm not supposed to take it off, that's why you haven't seen me without it before. It's part of my training, so--

[AHEM.]

But it's just not here today.