See, I think that's just uncommon for us. Before I got involved with humans, the worst thing that could happen was maybe...a career setback? Few hundred more years without a promotion? Pffft.

[He flaps a hand dismissively. As much as it might've sucked at the time, he'd always known that stuff wasn't all that bad in the long run.]

Never had to learn to deal with a real, actual crisis. Even when my boss first wanted to kill me, I didn't really think it could happen.