[ He pauses. ] It's more fair that way, isn't it? All they have to consider is, "Was a crime committed?" They don't have to weigh the infinitely complex matrix of defenses and excuses. Self-defense might be a good reason for committing murder, but it doesn't change the fact that someone's dead.
[ While he may not want to be here, he understands the reasoning. Despite his human body Dirk sometimes thinks in a frighteningly robotic fashion. ]