[What Kaz might not know is that the Evoker's also a source of security of comfort for Minato, even right now when the mask is taking a toll on him and he's finding it difficult to value either himself or his own abilities. A few seconds pass before there's the sound of something being tucked back in- he was reluctant, but Kaz did have a point about the monsters they had encountered so far.

But wait, junk-freaks?]

It's kind of strange now that you mentioned it...could they be possessing the machines? It might explain why they tried possessing the robots at the Pleasure District before this. [As for what Minato was doing there and why he knows this, that's a mystery for the ages- a noodle mystery, if one would.]