[The precision with which Koltira impales the dummy does make Mahdi flinch a little, but he doesn't look away.]

Do I really look well?! I swear I don't know how I haven't lost my mind yet. It's like every time I think I've got a grip, things just get crazier.

[Mahdi sighs, one hand over his heart, smiling a little.]

I guess there's some - something making me happy, too, but I'm just about to my limit of human fuckery, so I came here to get my head together and try to plan what I'm going to do next.

[Mahdi's always been emphatically polite, but these days the swearing slips in: a habit picked up from a constant companion.

Mahdi sits down on the ground abruptly.]

--Is this what your home looks like, Koltira?