[Swindle regards him for a second, then just gives a shrug.] You know, the usual. Suddenly traveling through universes for some kind of higher cause, getting asked to play soldier for hire by a bunch of organics -- no offense. Some of my best friends are organics. ["Were" would probably be a more accurate word choice there, but no need to go throwing around ominous tenses around the humanoids just yet.]
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