[ roger relaxes a little at what feels like a warm enough reception, moving further into the room to claim a chair. he turns it backward to sit in it and folds his arms across the back. ]

Should probably assume it's worse out there than it is in here. Anything else and you run the risk of being disappointed, in a context where 'disappointed' probably means 'dead.'

[ self-reliance is nothing new to roger, but group self-reliance is foreign. in his experience, when you start looking out for other people, you're putting yourself at risk. ]