Or worse, assuming it wants to attack when all along we might have been able to reason with it. [His voice takes on a slightly somber tone as he remembers what they'd done to that poor kid in Forsythe Heights, how he must have burned after they were whisked safely back to the station.]

I'm not one not to defend myself. If something comes at one of our own, I won't hold back, but it seems to me that we should always at least attempt to reason first. [It isn't strictly what they were talking about here, but it wouldn't be the first time the argument has come up so it's always close to his heart.]