[Cain offers another low chuckle, but thereafter he is all soldier.]

Yeah let's just cut through this Lone Ranger bullshit, you're too smart to stick that out for long and you'd just be wasting your own time if you tried.

What "this" is not, is me trying to reconnect with a friend. We weren't friends, and there's too much going on here to try braiding each others' hair and sharing our Legos. But you are good at what you do. Right? You haven't forgotten how to crack skulls?