"W-well, w-we don' do anythin' like that really often where I c-come from...M-most things o-on Earth a-aren't life-or-death. It's j-just, wh-what you say when someone g-gets hurt, an' y-you feel b-bad about it."

he frowned at the cards in his hands, trying to decide what to play, and finally decided on one that might not have been the best move, but wasn't a terrible one either.