Nick is on his way to the Colosseum himself when he spots Oscar emerging from the crack in the ruined wall. Though the way he's moving seems off -- it's barely perceptible, uneven in some way Nick wouldn't recognize if he wasn't mostly a machine himself -- he doesn't think too hard on it for the moment. Oscar wouldn't be sliding out of a crevice from one of the ruined stores for no reason. His hand tightens on his sword as he approaches, half expecting something to leap out from the rubble at both of them. He hasn't seen what the Door brought in this time, but he's ready to do his duty regardless.

"Everything all right, Oscar?" he asks as he jogs up, his eyes on the crack in the wall, then on Oscar himself... and then they trail down to his fellow automaton's chest, the ruddy speckling against his steel frame, though partially covered by his coat, impossible to ignore.

There's a quiet kind of horror that crosses Nick, his eyes widening, mouth barely agape -- he crosses paths with Oscar often, saw him only a couple of days ago while on patrol, and he'd been in fine shape then. What could have caused this kind of corrosion so quickly? Is there a way to fix it in Hadriel? And most importantly, how far does the damage go?