It feels like a very long time since Aranea left the military, but it hasn't been long enough for cracking jokes in the face of horrors to feel a little bit like a way of fighting back against them. There's a barely-healed wound across her abdomen serving as a stark reminder of what happens when she gets too cocky about it, but his comment still helps her feel on more even footing.

"I'm trying to operate on a no-stab policy, here. Still, all the people around here with weapons? If this is someone's idea of a joke, I don't think we're the butt of it anymore."