There's probably more to it than that. Mere speculation will probably not be very revealing, however. [He shrugs] There'll doubtless be plenty of time for that, regardless, though.

[He tilts his head and responds with a small smile to that subject change.]

An auspicious posting. I've been assigned to maintain the ventilation ducts.

[Which he's perfectly content with. He has no real marketable job skills other than "killing people", but the work he's been assigned will doubtless make it that much easier to move quickly around the ship, and provide a nice cover besides.]