[ there's a moment of pause where he suppresses a sigh, though it's not out of frustration. ]

I'm not wasting it. We're a team now, with a common mission. I'll help you.

[ and it's what he wants to do, because it's all he has left. maybe he's preaching to deaf ears, but: ]

Once, I was dropped into a world where travelers like us were rounded up and interrogated harshly. I won't stand for such things to happen once more.