"Uh, big difference. Rats can't threaten to blow people up, whether they mean it or not." He makes a mental note to second-guess any Iron Mans he sees.

"The Ohm aren't our problem. Me and a few other people got in contact with them and it turns out they're just idiots. The Daligig are the ones you need to watch out for." He figures Anwei's a good enough person to trust with this information. "We used a dead Ohm shrike in the medical bay to build a rapport, but it's too strong to do for too long. They don't even understand that we're in a war."

Great. Mustached monkeys. Howard clenches the hammer and takes a seat.