"I think there are people who would want an excuse, but that they wouldn't if they understood it wasn't malicious. More than that, after what Tarkin did earlier this week, I think it was important for people to know that it wasn't someone trying to terrorize them a little more. There are inmates here without powers, and without any background in active conflict, they have been afraid lately and they deserve to know right away that it wasn't one more- source of evil, that it was just someone else like them who was having a hard time. Living here is hard when you're scared. But I should have said that without naming Steve."

He finds himself repeating- because he honestly believes this. Even if he doesn't intend to bicker with him, and doesn't want to rehash Steve's business, it's hard to have this conversation without it. As for the rest.

"It shouldn't have come up how it did. The same thing with the mental health stuff."