[flatly:] Not wanting to explode. [they flap an arm.] Nobody says people explode here, but nobody's said people don't explode! I don't wanna be someone's workdog, but I don't also wanna get got, either!

You don't just stick your arm in a dark, mysterious hole in the ground and not expect to get all bit up by scorpions or spiders, right? [that's a normal thing to experience to learn the weight of consequences outdoors, right?]