It's odd indeed. Jeremiah may not be watching his face, but he seems to take the process in stride.

"I was injured," he states rather plainly. The other two cables fit in without any trouble, and once connected he straightens, everything around them beginning to hum soft and low. "So I was a good candidate for a pilot, given that medical and technological intervention were already needed simply to save my life."

Leaving the lack of choice when this all started unspoken.