... huh. A surprise, but a good one. The Soldier digests that for a moment. " ... good." Not a hard decision, that. They like to help, they're just not very confident about things that generally require acting like a person. "That's good. I didn't know, but I'm glad I am."

And they pull another one of those little rubies out of their pocket, to offer him. That plus the first one they handed over should mean one for each hand. It's not much, but the weird warmth produced by even one is still better than nothing, in that blizzard out there. "Nobody should feel alone. That's the worst. So if you feel like I'm helping, then you can tell me anything you want."