[Can't believe my character has to drag this shit out again--

Raven's eyes widen slightly in realization.]

That's a good point, actually. You coulda been in some deep shit if it seriously malfunctioned. [He absentmindedly reaches toward where his blastia is, remembering what happened to him in Heliord.] Even I don't know how the thing actually works, and I've had ta watch Alexei fiddle with it a bunch of times over the years...

[Which...kind of segues into a more awkward topic, if only briefly.]

I'm...guessin' you and Alexei don't exactly have the same relationship.