"I don't think such a thing should be accepted so casually." Though, to his own dismay, he finds he can't dispute it as truth. He had, just earlier, torn his cabin apart in a fit of rage. One might call that cracking already. He calls it stress relief.

"I've been told by some that our misery might even be the fuel that runs this place. Skeptical as I am, if that is even remotely true, then we ought to be doing more to prevent it."