Soldat finishes their stew up and picks up the unlit cigarette, rolling it between flesh fingers and staring at it a moment. "I don't really. Got anywhere else to go," they admit finally. "There's nothing for me back where I come from."

Which is, they suppose, at least one decision there. But it's not a final one. Do they stay in Beacon? Do they go to some other world with someone else? What's Misty going to do? Even if Misty stays, but she's the only one, will that be-- all right? Can they handle not having a dozen people and several dozen spirits to visit, to protect?