[ Some might say that sounds more like a situational comedy than a video game, but imagining it wins a genuine chuckle out of him, despite his confession that put them in this situation in the first place. ]

Really? I have a hard time imagining it. Not because you don't seem capable, or anything...but more because you're tenderhearted.

[ To be fair, mercenaries aren't really a thing in 20XX Japan, so all he has to go off of what he's learned through fiction, but they tend to be rough and careless, only in it for the money. However, that doesn't sound like Ori at all. ]

Then again, maybe that's why it's a "used to be"?