[ He's used to fighting with a team of comrades who know him so well that his silence might as not be. He doesn't have to speak much because they can read him well without it.
Here, on the other hand... ]
I'm well.
[ ...well. Hungry, but not crazy-hungry. Stressed, but not so much he can't function. "Well" is probably an exaggeration, but he's as well as he can reasonably expect himself to be, given the circumstances. ]
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[ He's used to fighting with a team of comrades who know him so well that his silence might as not be. He doesn't have to speak much because they can read him well without it.
Here, on the other hand... ]
I'm well.
[ ...well. Hungry, but not crazy-hungry. Stressed, but not so much he can't function. "Well" is probably an exaggeration, but he's as well as he can reasonably expect himself to be, given the circumstances. ]