[He's not really scared of Ben, so he doesn't shy away. He stays near the bars.] No [he insists.] Because that's a lie, too.

I made the same choice, and it was denied to me too. I can't change that, it's just what the Admiral does. But after I stayed here a while, I discovered that I didn't want that choice anymore. I could have something better than what I had before and it didn't take dying to get out. This- what you've been doing, it doesn't fix anything! It's not fixed anything since you were a child.

You need to try for someone real, Ben, and yourself. Not someone you imagined.