[ ... Yeah. It's shit. That Edamura understands him in this isn't terribly surprising, given how similar they seem to be, and yet it's not the sort of thing he would wish on anyone, let alone a friend.

He exhales a puff of smoke. ]

The IPC is the single most influential and far-reaching entity in the universe. Their fingerprints are on every known planet. There's a reason why it would have been easier to just...

[ You know. Die. ]

I thought I could get them to fire me, but that didn't pan out, either. Did my job a little too well, I'm afraid.