[He's quiet again, watching as much as he is listening, noting the sense of conviction and getting a better idea of what probably motivated this whole incident. It isn't too unexpected, because it fits with other things that have been done or said, but the last comment catches him offguard and there's a brief moment of surprise that shows in his expression before he can control it again.

He doesn't have the right words to respond with immediately, so he stalls briefly by giving a small nod and letting his expression and posture show less tension, fading a bit out of the purposefully casual countenance he'd decided to work with initially.]

That's... Good to know. Thank you.

[And that said, he takes a deep breath and continues more honestly--]

I understand wanting to do something, and I don't disagree with you on that, so I feel like I should make it clear that I'm not advocating for doing nothing at all times. My concerns aren't academic, they're from experience; I've made both the right and the wrong calls in how to handle these sorts of situations, and then had to deal with the results of those choices.

[And those outcomes have been incredibly wide-ranging, with the repercussions of mistakes being incredibly high. When it's just himself then that's his own problem, but in a situation like this--and those at Hadriel, and many at home--a wrong move has an impact on everyone.]

Knowing when and how to make a move is just as important as deciding to make it. So I should also say directly that I don't necessarily disagree with what you and the others did, but more how it was done.