[He slowly drank some of the tea and didn't elaborate further, shifting his gaze from the other warden to a random spot on the wall. He wasn't angry with her, more frustrated and sort of confused, since that sort of logic just made so little sense to him in that while he could see where quitting looked easy, he knew he'd be pretty immediately swamped in self hatred if he ever did just walk out on anything, especially this. What they were doing here was important, and he couldn't just walk away.]
Spaaaam
[He slowly drank some of the tea and didn't elaborate further, shifting his gaze from the other warden to a random spot on the wall. He wasn't angry with her, more frustrated and sort of confused, since that sort of logic just made so little sense to him in that while he could see where quitting looked easy, he knew he'd be pretty immediately swamped in self hatred if he ever did just walk out on anything, especially this. What they were doing here was important, and he couldn't just walk away.]