Maul isn't sure he likes the point that Eden brings up, mainly because it's something that others have tried to tell him as well. Maul feels his suffering is quantifiable, something that can be measured on a scale. Hearing otherwise intrudes upon his own rigid mindset.

"Let someone else have their turn. I have spoken long enough." The nature of book club in letting everyone talk gives him an out on continuing a debate that he doesn't want to.