It was sort of a bait and switch, huh.

[Which he had seen coming, honestly. Something too good to be true always is. There is always a catch. There's no such thing as a free alien lunch.]

Well, it's not hard to beat highwaymen. But I'm a treasure hunter for a living—I track down artifacts, retrace the steps of old explorers. Found a few lost cities.

[The talk of his raison d'etre actually seems to revive him a bit and make him slightly more sober.]