[ He nods at that, filing the man's name away as someone that could benefit him later.

He looks away for a moment before nodding, looking back to him. ]

I have fought my entire life, but I am not a soldier. I've done my time under another, and I won't return to that. Not there or here, wherever this is. If I fight, it's because I chose to, not for people I don't even know the motives of.