...I rest my case. [Wow.] You know I was going to do that anyway for nothing, right?

[And now he has an extra special incentive to work even harder, as if the promise of survival wasn't good enough. God.]

Fine. Consider it official in the eyes of the law. [Literally. Moving on:] Before, you said something about this happening to you before. What did you mean by that? This isn't the first time they—

[He doesn't even know if he should finish that. Suddenly, this guy's dour mood seems so, so much more appropriate than it already was.]