It comes with the job. If you're not brusque, if you act like a goddamn sweetheart, then people are gonna think they can use you, fuck you over and not pay you. Businessmen are screwed over all the time. We can't let that happen.

That, and all the mercs I've met have had a lot of shit happen to them to develop an attitude like that. Obviously, considering the job.

[ To him, it's obvious. Though he supposes that he can see why their similar attitudes get a bit repetitive. ]