Wow, that is so helpful.

[He knows way too many people who are too stubborn for their own good, he can tell this guy's going to give him a headache.]

And I don't actually intend to stay! I didn't even want to be here in the first place. But since I'm stuck here for the time being, [he shrugs] I might as well make the most of it, and part of that is figuring out if I have to fear for my life every other week or every other month.

If you don't know how regularly, exactly, then just ballpark it.