Long enough to know more than a newcomer. [ His tone is light, not joking but somewhat near it. If there's anything he dislikes about this new setting, it's that it didn't really come with much of a mission dossier. Sometimes those little folders were full of crap, but it was habitual. ]

Frankly, I've seen enough weird shite to last me a lifetime. [ Heaven's Gate, for example. And the tenuous reality of that portion of South America. ] The connection– [ He taps his head as well as he can with this getup. ] -that's a new bonus. I'm finding I don't mind it much. Makes planning and communicating easier than radio signals.