"Dry clothes are important in a survival situation," Cassian says, and then bites his tongue. Why did it have to come out in that know-it-all tone that makes people want to punch him? Is this a time to go making enemies?

He drops his arm, blinks at Llewellyn over it with the widest earnest-puppy eyes he can manage at the moment, and adds: "That's what my dad says." Not that this guy seems like the violent type - or even, like his cousin Bobby, the type to turn everything into a pissing contest - but 'overserious nerd' is always a better look than 'condescending asshole'.