"Who said I'm not going to try and get some candy out of it too?"

Although Zouichi has a point, and it's been bothering Howard a lot lately. The ship has been getting to him. He ran across a battlefield to help Kon, stayed in the medic tent treating Kang despite the risk, blew up at Kaya when she called him a coward. He wouldn't have done any of these things a few months ago. He doesn't like it.

"You don't think the ship really changes us, right?"

He doesn't like it almost as much as he doesn't like that ridiculous t-shirt.