The metal body stands still, like a statue frozen in a moment's blink.
With a final hug, the avatar steps away from Midvalley and closer to the open spark chamber. Slim fingers move to touch the liquid and take a handful away from the greater mass.
It seems as if the liquid drips down his fingers, but it is only the pale blue nanites trying to understand new surroundings.
"This is me," he says again. "Everything else..."
Here he indicates the metal of his true-form's armour, even the holo.
"... is just an add-on."
He knows he is over-simplifying. There is a huge part of the rules of nanite symbiosis he doesn't even attempt to explain, as these tiny cells can be found everywhere in his body, be it armour, fuel lines or everything else.