I don't have much to lose.

[He answers quick, and honest. His life as a sub at the bottom of the food chain is only one resent-oriented fueling source behind this but the overall unfairness - the desire to do better and have a mark? That fuels him too. He likes to think at least something about this is selfless in origin, but he struggles to really identify what. Especially when Derek mentions bringing people into the circle and he... drops his gaze to the table, evidently troubled.]

I thought I knew some people, at least - a person. But... she got designation swapped. She says she's still going to help try and do something, but she didn't even wanna really question why she got promoted. She was - one of the most resistant subs around and they promoted her to a dom. It's like they just... wanted to take her out of the workings, y'know?

[He's troubled about this - consider it his flawed fear of abandonment, but he can't help but still struggle to deal with her attitude toward it. Especially when she accused him of being jealous, rather than picking up on what he was trying to tell her. He wonders if he should've worded it different. But - how?]

Maybe the hotel's not - not as safe as I thought, yeah. If they can do that kinda shit just on a whim.