[He wants to pretend that he didn't see this coming but he's got shitty luck. Plus, he's been trying not to lie to himself. It's new thing, really, and he's been tracking the development for about...however long it's been since he realized he wasn't waking up from this particular nightmare.]

Well, alright then.

With the things I've seen some of the, ah, residents pulling off I'm going to clarify that the fire support you're asking about is purely mechanical. [Literal fire support, while fantastic, isn't in his wheelhouse.] But I'm capable of handling a gun and shooting things that try to kill me.