Don't think I care that you didn't miss it. I said it, so it's meant to be heard. [Look, he was used to years of being in command and when he spoke, people generally listened to what he had to say. Now he just plain didn't care what people thought of him or what he had to say, and it wasn't that often he decided to talk much anyway.

So yeah, the kid was young, and yeah, he was old. It was a fact that neither of them could escape from these days. At least they decided to work together. Maybe they would learn something working off of each other.

He grunted at the idea he had a sense of humour.] I'm old, not brain-dead. I remember just fine what it was like to be young. I can outpace all the guys half my age anyway. [But he was curious of this speed up technique.]