[ His tone is slightly darker, a little raspier in his response. Ever bright and cheerful. ]

Where I’m from, you can’t escape politics like that. There’s been a war in my world for a hundred years — just one nation terrorizing all the others. It’s not so unusual to faction off there... If there were somehow a lot of us who ended up in this situation, I think it’d be the first move most people from my world would make.

[ He glances to the side again awkwardly, realizing what he’s about to say may sound like resignation to his fate here. It’s not. He still refuses to believe it. But he’s here. He shoves his hands in his pockets a bit embarrassedly. ]

It would’ve been mine...