There's nothing to blackmail! He doesn't have a shirt, so what?! Hurting people like that isn't funny or cute, it's immoral and-- and it's bullying!

[He has some intense feelings about this, okay. It's just like the "respect other people's privacy" rant he has to have when it comes up.]

F-forget it. ... Let me lead this group, at least in the beginning. If nobody will listen to me about going, then I want to take responsibility for everyone's safety.