[Quality over quantity, huh? Yusuke doesn't even disagree necessarily, it's just interesting; he thought a guy like this would be more bought-in to the idea of number-crunching, even if just as cannon fodder.]

I don't care about money. But I'm not an attack dog for you to sic on whoever you want. I'm saying I better be getting something out of it, too.

[And he is. In more ways than just the one, but the little shard he's doing his best to keep sequestered and safe feels especially like payment for early loyalty. To pretend otherwise seems delusional.]

What, you want me to be bought-in on day one? Be a "champion" for your "cause"? Loyalty doesn't work like that, old man.

[He's used to being a weapon, but he's always insisted on being the one aiming the barrel, whether his "handlers" liked it or not.]