[The stoicism doesn't register straight away. It's such a natural thing for a man to do that it doesn't stick out of place. Later on when they've parted ways Richie may recognize the distance for what it was. For now, he's caught in his own imagining of the sludge gorging around the refugee bodies.]

Jesus.

[He shakes his head.] I remember reading about that. Stuff from 'Nam. Never served myself but I knew people that had...

[He drifts off.]

What do you figure the investment is? Why are we worth pulling back out of Hades?