"I still don't know what that means, harvest our emotions. I'm still feeling mine, after all. I don't think they're taking any. But how could they be harvested, then, if they have them, yet we have them?"

Also, he has a lot of emotions to spare. They could've just asked. Seems rude.

"I don't know why they couldn't just give me my powers back. I could generate a whole slew of emotions!" For free!