[ No need to ask what "shattered" means; that's pretty transparent. ]

Oh, don't get ahead of yourself. They are absolutely going to kill me. They just need to make absolutely sure I don't have any value to them first.

[ All things considered, he sounds pretty nonchalant about that. ]

But - c'est la vie. Worse things have happened to men fighting for what is right. Or gems fighting for what is right, I suppose - I should think those poor shattered souls were courageous and true, as well.