Crouger was staring at him with an annoying amount of self-assurance. Then again, the other Guyver had to have known just what would happen if one overused the time-transcending abilities of his favored Guyver-enhancer. Of course, considering how many times the younger Guyver had clearly used it – and, in particular the journey that he had undertaken from Japan to California – it would have taken an extraordinarily dull-witted person not to learn of this particular limitation.

And Crouger, for all of his faults, was not particularly stupid.

"So," he began, surreptitiously attempting to move and failing for the umpteenth time. "It appears that this enhanced armor of yours carries a few limitations of its own."

"And I can't help but notice that you ran smack into one of them," Crouger said, smirking in that annoying way of his. "A pretty big one, it seems."

"If you would have told me-"

"Well, if you would have asked me in the first place," Crouger cut in, his aggravating smirk growing wider as he spoke.

"I doubt you would have told me even then," he snapped, annoyed both at Crouger and at himself for letting the boy annoy him in the first place; the younger Guyver seemed entirely too good at pushing his buttons. "You seem to be getting an inordinate amount of enjoyment out of seeing me lying helpless in this hospital bed."

"Gee, and why do you think that might be, Captain Jackass?"

Glaring, Agito decided not to dignify Crouger's taunt with any more of a response. It was far more important that he ascertained the limits of the time-transcending ability that Crouger's favored Guyver-enhancer possessed, so that he could use it more effectively in his future battles against Chronos.

"Regardless, I need to know if that armor you've been using has any other limitations that you know about."

"What, like the one wasn't enough for you?"

It took a bit more self-control than he would have liked not to respond to Crouger's taunting, but he did manage to restrain himself.

"Anyway, that one's pretty much it. It's a big one though, I'll tell you that much. Especially if you use any of the heavy weaponry; the 'Smasher in particular. Hypertime seems to be the most draining, though; which really makes sense when you think about it."

"I suppose it would," he said, deciding not to comment on Crouger's odd choice of names. "Is there anything else I should know about?"

"You're a smart guy," Crouger drawled, a smirk playing about his lips. "I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually."

Crouger left without a word or a look back once he had finished speaking, and Agito tensed and loosened his muscles experimentally. He could honestly say that he hadn't liked the sound of Crouger's parting words.