“You did it to get a reaction out of them. And, intentions or not, once you do something, you lose control over the consequences.” The frustration is intense, because Togusa believes that James is smarter than this. Just angry. Very justifiably angry.

“So what do I do? Another calculated lie to your dad? Toss you in lockup for a day? No threat I can throw at you is gonna stick, and I know it.” He shakes his head. Togusa takes a very long breath out, trying to calm himself back down.

“I thought better of you than this.” Which is really, actually, the core of the problem.