"I'd rather they just pretend it was a punishment."

Completely serious.

"Or revenge. The blurred line here between restorative 'justice'"

Volk's eyes go wide and creepy-doll-like as he does air quotes.

"-that supposedly focuses primarily on the good of the universe and just weird punitive shit where the focus is on making us bored and uncomfortable is non-existent. Just say you set up a fucked up tiny society with an artificial class system and made us lower because you think we're bad, man, stop acting like it's for our good or safety."

What good is it doing the universe, in aggregate, for him to not be able to have coffee in the morning?