Bodhi has the manners not to say that Soldat oozes military bearing in every possible way and anybody who wasn't blind and deaf would peg him, but he thinks it. The story should be horrifying, and it is, but there's a blunt edge on the awfulness. He's hard to shock. Has he ever specifically heard of the Imperial army trading in useful captured rebels? No, but he wouldn't be surprised.

Rather than try to put his thoughts into words that would be unavoidably meaningless and banal (slavery sure sucks, huh?), he tries to relate to what should probably be the least relatable part of that statement. "It'd be nice if you could be sure about memories, wouldn't it?"