"My job was dangerous," he says after a moment, voice low. "I rarely closed a case without being injured in some way, and I accepted that. I accept that. I'm not afraid of pain."

He could have taken fewer risks, been hurt less, but he always wanted the replicants he tracked down to have as much of a choice as he could.

"But this place goes after something else, and it doesn't fight fair. I don't think any of this is safe."