[ Vax looks a little surprised, probably because he's made it a point to disobey in many instances since he was young. ]

Sure there is. To prove you're a person. One who should have a say in what happens to you. Cooperating with each other and taking Echo's orders are different.

[ At least, they are to Vax. ]

When I was a child, my sister and I lived under the thumb of a very cold man who called himself our father. If I had obeyed him, I could have lived a fairly comfortable life, his scorn aside. Disobeying him came with a shitload of disadvantages. Sometimes it's not about weighing the pros and cons.