The point isn't to litigate the issue or to be swayed away from it, which is what prevents Benedict from denying or nitpicking Abby's argument. He gives a helpless little shrug instead, finally looking at her, his expression oddly sympathetic: she may be right, but his heart is much more difficult to convince than his mind.

"What does it even mean to deserve something?" he asks, fiddling once more with the trim.