"You're not 'being useless', you're keeping yourself alive, which is pretty much the only responsibility you have here as far as I can see," Atton said. "But hey, you want to join the heroing side of the fence? Fine. Which one of your buddies do you want to get killed, first? That Raine kid, maybe? Hey, Skywalker lost four limbs being useful, and he was trained for it - maybe we can start by chopping off your hand and see where you wind up?"

... His brain had not been a nice place to hang out in, these past couple of days. That was pretty much his only excuse.