Very Tired seemed like it was a way of life in this place. Certainly the man who was and wasn't the Soldier felt tired — tired enough that he hadn't noticed the approach until Reeve was uncomfortably close. Granted, uncomfortably close was anything inside of a mile, but still.

"You can't be sure of that." He didn't need to kill people, to hurt them badly. Sometimes pain could be worse than death. And for how quickly he could act, there existed the possibility that the Agrii might not be able to stop him. He didn't want to put it to the test.

"You shouldn't spend your replicator cycles on me," he replied, though the words slowed and trailed off. Had they engaged in a similar conversation before? He couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity. At least he'd stopped retreating.