That, of course, was another possibility. But in his experience, most warnings like that came with the obvious threat of physical violence. The people in uniform had struck them, sure enough, but they hadn't attacked with weapons, hadn't punished them with any lasting marks.

"Then we proceed with more caution," he shrugged, already wondering if there was a way to test the theory. If the punishment would be the same or if it would escalate. There was the vague threat of losing one's head, he supposed...

"I know you don't like breaking rules, but the rules here deserve to be broken! And if there's a force resisting them, shouldn't we seek it out?"