He's just really fucking pissed off, at that question, and at the implications contained therein. Pissed off at Jedao's controlled, careful tone. Pissed off that evil like that exists, in any universe, and that the aftermath is so awful.
"And I won't," he decides. "Trust me or don't, just make a damn decision."
Putting it like that is something Holden would do only if he was sure he hadn't done anything wrong. (Though Holden doesn't think of it that way -- his thought process is a lot more simple. Awful things happening -> anger -> being kind of an asshole.)
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He's just really fucking pissed off, at that question, and at the implications contained therein. Pissed off at Jedao's controlled, careful tone. Pissed off that evil like that exists, in any universe, and that the aftermath is so awful.
"And I won't," he decides. "Trust me or don't, just make a damn decision."
Putting it like that is something Holden would do only if he was sure he hadn't done anything wrong. (Though Holden doesn't think of it that way -- his thought process is a lot more simple. Awful things happening -> anger -> being kind of an asshole.)