Nikolai chuckled as he heard Jack's comment, and continued sharpening his knife on the rail. "Like is a four letter word to me kid, just remember not to try anything funny. It seems to me that we're all involved in this one way or another, and we're going to have to help each other to get out of it." He said, as he turned to the group. " A scientist, a soldier, a prisoner, a magician, and some sort of fox ninja, ain't that an unlikely grouping?"