I don't owe anyone here shit. Like anyone's getting anything done by quietly going along with what those guards tell us to do -- they could start treating us worse just because they feel like it, what does it matter if it's because someone managed to piss them off.

[ It's a good sign of his age, isn't it. That youthful anger, the way he lets spite and rage take control for the moment, gritting out those furious words as he bristles at Kim like he's the one to blame for this whole mess.

But Gen huffs a sigh afterward. Scuffs a hand through the (tangled, unruly) mess of his hair. Then adds, grudgingly, ]

... they've only been beating on the people who fight back so far. You really think they're gonna bother changing patterns? Over, what, a few punches to the face?

[ He's too brash to control his anger and think before speaking, but it's not like he's totally careless, either. Gen's hardly the type to worry for other people, but he's not in a rush to earn everyone's ire, either.

The fact that Kim might have a point annoys him, but he'll still at least acknowledge it. ]