Honestly, he's a little surprised they've let him argue with them this long, but he continues to press, because he doesn't know if he'll get another chance-- and while he wants to continue to fight for their idiom, because he believes in what it stands for, but if the one backing those rules is inflexible and even dangerous to other Travelers... he's not sure he can.

"Then tell us what the rules of engagement are," he urges. "We can't follow rules if we don't know them, and it would be cruel of you to punish us for breaking rules we don't know. Tell us why things hurt you or anger you, and then we'll understand. Please, we want to understand."