Because I look like an imbecile for supporting the authority's decision to free you. Because I don't want you to murder me in my sleep. Because I prefer truces to dying in gruesome ways. Because I may or may not have some residual guilt pertaining to your death.

If you would like more reasons, I'm sure I can come up with them.

[ooc: Oh yeeeah. Oh! He doesn't know it, but he's all no-internal-monologue cursed. Not that that makes much of a difference.]