Sometimes shit like "doing your best" and "not giving up" isn't enough, Yuri. We can't fight this and you know it.

[He kind of...laughs a bit, the sound brief and hollow.]

It's not like I'm not used this shit. Mercenaries like me... We don't get a say in how we die. That's just how it goes. This sort of shit is what happens when you let yourself think it's gonna work out for once - you get a nice reminder that God hates you and He's really gonna enjoy sending you to hell when you go. It's a pretty familiar pattern by now.