[There's a pause as he considers her, somewhere between annoyed and thoughtful. The annoyed doesn't go away, but he does say, just a bit of a bewildered note layered in with the anger,]

Well, of course, I have no intention of giving up. Though I do need to get out of here first.

[He raps on the forcefield holding him in with the handle of his cane. There's a staticky buzz in response.]