[A scowl. Of course Quark didn't, but he side-stepped that for now.]

Yeah, I heard this argument before. The torture was sick and awful. I get it. But they didn't kill anybody. They didn't kill any kids, there was still hope, however small. With Quark dead? A kid who's like, traumatized now, he might not have come back. He could have been dead for good. And for what!? John should have fought it! I know everyone's like, it's impossible to fight it. There's always a way to fight these things, you can't just--he probably hates them secretly, I don't know. Or he just let it happen. You can't just let it happen!

[Peter shoots him a look.]