[He can't help but let out a scoff. It's so simple it's absurd.]

I'd rather they go ahead and give us tasks like this than force us through the messes we've had in the meantime.

[But he lets out a slow breath and considers; he does want to help, if he can. Feeling off could lead to any number of unpleasant things.]

This place does encourage thinking about the topic, in any case. Being brought here, where we could never make amends for whatever imagined harm we may have been accused of, certainly isn't it.