Which... okay, is nice of him. It's not like a lot of people in Soldat's life have cared about being careful not to issue orders or direct what they're supposed to feel about things.

But it's also wholly unnecessary in this situation. If Soldat could properly connect the feelings together with names, they'd be calling him family. So when he speaks up again, Soldat looks up from where they've started taking apart a gun to clean it. "What I mean is. You've got me until you're sick of me. So quit trying to give me outs. I don't want 'em."