[ He catches that grimace, in his tone -- he can guess what's that from. A slight, amused sound. ]

That's what the Cetagandans thought it was too, yeah. It is an implant, though not anything to do with piloting, I'm not a pilot beyond standard-issue training. [ Which mind for his work is a little more than most rank-and-file, but still. He's no pilot. ] Project I signed on with was experimental. Just one of the dozens and dozens of lets find the secret weapon programs you can imagine came up during the war.

[ He straightens, then. ]

Let's just say it didn't work, with me. And the side-effects were unpleasant.