Well, the death I have tried so hard to deserve was denied me when I came here.

Quite troubling, that.

[The robot vibrates and he bends over to set it on the floor.]

It would have been a good death, I think.

But since I am now here and very much alive another end must await me. I intend to play my cards so that my end is either one that leaves an impact or, at the very least, leaves an amusing headline.

"Local scientist slaughtered by invading Gnosia" is hardly compelling.

[He looks Visas over, smiles, and says...]

If you had any say in the matter wouldn't you prefer for your gruesome death to be somehow memorable?