Not for the first time, he is glad to have quit smoking decades ago. The damage lingers, however. "I assume you mean aside from taking a bullet above the heart..." It's extraordinary luck he only had a collapsed lung, and a week later at that.

He glances toward the high ceiling, frowning as he does the shirt buttons up again slowly. "I smoked for at least thirty years, but never heavily. I've been gassed multiple times, and I've been in a lot of burning buildings..." Being tall in particular puts him in a bad position for smoke.