"Huh... so you were a soldier or something?" It wasn't quite the same as what he was used to, but... well, in some ways, the SQUIP had wanted to build up an army.

He fidgets with a chain on his pants, lost in thought. "I haven't really gotten to decide anything for two years. It was an accident that... suddenly left me without my, uh, guess you could call her a 'commander.' Even then, though, I was in the hospital, so you kinda gotta listen to the nurses first..."