"Excitement usually is messy," Zouichi agreed. His sort of excitement, anyway. Hurray, explosions!

At any rate, was anyone on this ship a normal, baseline human? Apparently even the absent-minded professor types were aliens. "I don't know about the two hearts thing, but I don't think I've ever seen you wearing a hat. Does that excellent taste extend to clothing in general?" Because that bow tie.

"Well, I'm sort of hard to kill off. I did have to blow up my plane. All things considered, though, I think I got off easier than many other people in the ground battle."