double-cross

to roll with the joke

Anger, in humans, triggers a state of increased aggression and loss of cognitive abilities.

Keep at it,

laughed. It was the sort of awkward squawk of a laugh that came from not expecting the tension to break so suddenly.

Mercenaries weren’t called such in my time. They hid behind euphemisms like “security contractor” or “private military corporation”,

dodge

asinine.

extrasolar