[ he doesn't always pick his battles, but when he does, it usually involves not opening potentially traumatic lines of conversation ... any more than he already has, at least.

he feels he shouldn't be impressed anymore that julius has an optimistic outlook on the situation, even moments after calling it a world he wouldn't wish on anyone. maybe that's how they survive. ]

As long as you can perservere, I think that's true as well. [ there are a lot of powerful, terrible weapons he can think of that would reduce most any monster threat to dust. he doesn't really want to boast about it, considering their more immediate uses, but he thinks about them. he shuts his eyes for a moment, considering his wording. ] If I've learned anything from my time at the academy, it's that humans are frighteningly capable.

[ for better and for worse. but he's trying to be encouraging at the moment. ]

Perhaps you'll learn something of use from all of this culture exchange.