Aren't they just? Believe it or not there was a time in my life I avoided it as much as I could.

[He tugs her up and releases her.]

I haven't had a good fight in a long time, either.

[It was hard to enjoy it to the same degree when something was literally trying to take one's head off.]

We should remedy that. Whip those recruits of yours into shape.

[He's joking mostly. He has no idea what sort of training the others have. For all he knows they could teach him a thing or three, something he's not opposed to.]