[His brow furrows just slightly, as it always used to in the beginning when Pierce had done or said kind things to him. A mild confusion, but not anything he was going to question. His handlers over the years had many different approaches, he had learned to let anything that wasn't a direct order or question almost wash over him.

He doesn't flinch from the touch, remaining still.]

There was no damage to the arm itself, but the flesh was too damaged to lift the arm by the time it was removed. It has healed now, it's scar tissue.

[Not that he would have known how to attach it, making sure it connected with the nerve endings properly so it could be used, which is why Stark has it.]