"I don't understand people and I do a great job. They just don't like me when I'm done." People are idiots, Cassie! And empathy is hard! Working on unconscious people is the easiest part of his job.

Howard gives Cassie a cartoonish exaggerated shrug. "I haven't seen no calves yet. If we do start getting them, I say we're up for veal and rennet. This ship needs some cheese."

A little too late, he hopes Cassie doesn't know that rennet's made of the stomach lining of dead calves.