The pronoun choice throws him for a second. The spirits are the only plural in the situation he knows of, and no, the spirits didn't blow themselves up, Soldat blew them up.

But. Hm. Maybe it's an Earth thing. Maybe it's just a Soldat thing. The guy is strange enough and keeps strange company.

"Well, I owe him. I guess we all do. I wouldn't have wanted those things to make it here. Not sure how else we would ever have dealt with them. I just hope he makes it back."