Northstar Vale I don't know many, but I know enough

He wondered when he would stop flinching at every glance. True, he hadn't with Towhee, but he also knew Towhee wouldn't ever second-guess his worthiness just because he went and got his leg gone. He wasn't sure he'd ever feel that way about anybody else. Hell, even he second-guessed his worthiness on a daily basis now. How could he expect to contribute like this? He stuffed that question right back where it came from.

The thought of somebody else missing a limb hadn't even occurred to him. He'd never seen it before. Whoa, really? And in Brechiliant? Does Eljay still live there? And Maia? Gosh, I haven't seen those two in ages. Maybe he was due for a visit, and he could ask the other tripod for advice on how she dealt with the transition, assuming she hadn't been born that way.