Get clear.

[ It’s said very simply. ]

I know that a lot of military types will say that a kill shot might be a better way to go, but we’re talking about an energy conversion that happens at almost the cellular level that I only lose control of when higher brain function goes bye-bye. Cells don’t die at brain death.

[ He’s not bothered at all by discussing killing him as an option, he just doesn’t think it would work. ]