If the Admiral had brought me on as a warden by telling me this place was the only way to stop Weirdmageddon, destroy Bill, and save my niece and nephew, I'd probably have the same priorities.

[He gets it, he's not gonna "ok warden" Hange over a world-saving deal.]

It might have made this place easier to stand, if I was doing it for them. But I'd still have seen myself as the hero of the story then, and I'd be much more insufferable than I am now.

[He offers a weak smile. Ha ha, he's still difficult to be around, and he knows it. But past Ford was worse. Past him is an asshole.]