It'd be nice to have another brain and set of hands to figure stuff out. [He's genuinely curious about this Koushiro guy now, but the possibility of him actually showing up? It's a little dubious. Regardless the last thing they want to do is give up. He can agree with that.]

I promise you'll get to meet him real soon, buddy. As soon as we're out of here and he's all charged up. He's going to like you very much. I'm trying to figure out a way to make him better in the jungle but it's taking a while. It's better to wait.

[Which sucks. Who wouldn't want to show off their giant robot?]