"Pretty much. The chessmaster doesn't have to tell the pawns what's up, and all that. I don't even care anymore, I just don't want to die. Seems like I've been following orders from crazy people on high for a while now, so why should that change?" He shakes his head and tries to scrub the bitterness from his voice. "I just don't want to end up getting killed because of someone else's whimsy."