[Does listen! And damn, it actually does sound reasonable. Frowning.]

I dislike hiding behind all of you.

[Just going to say that plain and flatly.]

Actually, I really hate the idea. [Deep breath. Slowly tries to relax his shoulders.]

....But... This time, I'll listen. [He won't say the idea of defending everyone doesn't scare him, but not as much as the idea of being defended pisses him off. But Kit's right, he doesn't know, he hasn't been through this, and he's not stupid enough to insist when Kit's clearly serious and has a much better idea.]