That would be worrying, wouldn't it.

[There's a bitter edge to his voice.]

If suddenly they treated us like we mattered.

[Maybe a couple do. Or maybe they're being played just as much as anyone else, but from an opposite angle.]

And I'm... Mm. Sore. Not going to be doing much for a couple of days unless I go for more nanites, and with supplies low I don't wanna do that. But I'll survive. And that's really all we can ask for, here.

[He wants more. He's just not sure they'll ever get more.]