The obvious question; Miles is prepared for it, so the words roll off his tongue smoothly. It's not even a lie. So he tries not to sweat too many bullets even as Piotr seems to fill even more of the room.

"Mercenaries. Galactic" And because there's an obvious question waiting to be asked here, he continues with: "I smuggled myself offworld as soon as I possibly could."

And Piotr may scorn whatever passes for military rigor in a mercenary outfit, but dammit, it's the only explanation that makes sense.