[That is the struggle, isn't it? Wanting to preserve life, but also needing to take it to live. No man or beast can live without taking something from the world.

He looks down at his own carrying case with a sigh.]

I know what you mean. I worked with creatures much scarier than this, and I was ostracized in my homeworld for it. At least here, it's just strange looks.

[He can live with people thinking he's weird, because he admits that he is.]