[Understand, understand... somewhere in the back of his mind, for a brief moment, the programming enabling him to understand speech kicks on. But for someone who's never used his vocal chords, getting that point across is going to be slow coming.]
...uh. [He flinches a little, as if not expecting a sound to have come from his own lips.]
[Action]
...uh. [He flinches a little, as if not expecting a sound to have come from his own lips.]