When Daigo takes his helmet off, Shaxx finds that he's very glad he is still, as always, wearing his own helmet or he'd give away absolutely everything about their relationship in that moment--and his own habit to keep his relationships quiet, as well. It's simply unfair for someone else to be that beautiful.

"I'll have to," he says. "Amanda's not here. And you can certainly take it apart to see if you can build others, so long as you put it back together when you're done. As I said... it's not a racing sparrow, but I wasn't about to steal someone else's."

He considers his option; he does need to talk to Daigo about some more serious things, but it's not the sort of conversation to have out in the open. "When will you be done working for the day? I've got some other business I need to clear with you."

Not subtle, but it's about the best he can do. At tonally, at least 'business' in this case doesn't sound like 'sex.' Helped by the fact that it's definitely not what he's after at the moment, either.