[ as much as he prides himself on deadpan humor and sarcasm, kovacs has never actually been the kind of guy who cares much for pranking. if that's the case, getting involved in some kind of rouse that has someone going around pretending to be him is the last thing he'd care to try and conduct. and if he found out someone was doing it without his knowing, he'd probably just knock their teeth in once he learned about it.

he gives a humorless laugh at rosinante's question as he tilts the bottle to pour some of the whiskey into his glass. ]

Hell of a change to everyone else, maybe, but — well, believe it or not, this is actually my real body. The one I was born in. It's the other one that's been kind of a loan.