You're not a meat shield, Caren. I have a feeling when things come to the clutch, you will do far more than any could dream.

[ He smiles to her, and nods. ]

I'll not fight alone. But we each must find our own way to prepare, to ready ourselves. And we each must be ready for that gruesome death, should it come, for what we believe in.

[ He chuckles. ]

I'd rather live, but if it comes, I'll die in the way I live. Standing between the living and the dead, spitting in death's eye to the last.

[ He shrugs. ]

And until then? Until then, I study, I work, and I learn. And I find those who... who I think are meant to be there, when that day comes.

[ He nods to her. ]