He tolerates this warden fine (though that tolerance has slipped a few notches just because the admiral's butted in). But he doesn't exactly feel like admitting the weakness of uncertainty. He isn't sure if he's different now or just less. He doesn't know what step two is. "I'm experimenting." He does have an inkling of a plan. But he's not sure he trusts as far as that.
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Maybe it'd be worth it to... ask?
"What are you going to stop me from doing?"