...No. But I will try. [It's the honest answer, a blunt admission rather than any kind of rebuttal; he didn't expect to be heeded. He never does. It's been a long time since anyone listened to him, took his advice and his opinion seriously.

He's been a liability for years.

Here and now, though, he barely has the words. Taking a deeper breath, Ben lets it out slowly and makes another pass by the bed, eyes front and center. He's calm, but it only runs surface deep.]

I don't see how this is necessary. Either the other passengers will believe I did nothing and there is no need for punishment, or they won't and they will exact it. Either way it will not change my presence here, and the likelihood of a single assailant being able to best me is... slim.