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It's symbolic of his profession and his predicament being trapped there, he was a porter traveling with mercs doing border hopping and carting around illicit cargo. Those soldiers where there to protect them AND to make sure Neil stayed in line with what Bridges wanted him to do. He wanted out, they kept pulling him back in. Even in the afterlife he tried to get away, but his co-workers would tie him up and drag him along all across "nirvana."