Bruce glared at his old friend- he knew, again, where the rage was coming from, but he was holding back his own outburst toward Luke for implying that he didn't feel exactly as he did.
[color=0072bc][i]'Luke, you cannot make up for past decisions by volunteering yourself to be killed, even in the name of a just cause.'[/i][/color] Bruce thought. He wanted to say so, but he knew it would only add to Luke's momentum- Jenso had undoubtedly inherited his stubbornness from his father. 
[color=0072bc]"Do you want to know what that [i]thing[/i] who just spoke to us was thinking while it did what it did?"[/color] Bruce asked of Luke, referring to Ada in such a way that his disgust was clear. His voice carried so that the whole room could hear. He stood up and paced until he was right in front of Luke. [color=0072bc]"You think that, for even one second, it actually noticed the scouts it destroyed, the men it slaughtered?"[/color]
Bruce threw his arm back to point at Jenso, still keeping eye contact with Luke.
[color=0072bc]"Do you believe that it specifically asked for Jenso because it and the rest of the Order feel threatened by him? By [i]any[/i] of us?"[/color]
Bruce slammed his palms down on the table across from Luke and leaned forward.
[color=0072bc]"We can't do any good by just charging in because we aren't a threat to them. They don't even know who we are."[/color]
Bruce took a deep breath and paused again, pulling back from the table and standing upright. He pulled his hair back and tied up his ponytail again.
[color=0072bc]"No one's arguing that something needs to be done,"[/color] Bruce conceded to Luke, making sure he understood that he wasn't being attacked. [color=0072bc]"If we're going to do something, we must take advantage of the fact that the Order refuses to give us any real recognition. We need to present ourselves as a threat, and also in such a way that they won't know our fullest capabilities on sight."[/color]
Bruce bared his teeth for just a moment, suppressing a growl as the image of Ada laughing reappeared in horrifying, vivid detail, in his mind. He glanced at everyone in the room in turn, skipping over only Alvios, whose lack of a response thus far concerned him, though he knew better than to preach when he was closest to Melina.
[color=0072bc]"We must become a threat that they cannot ignore."[/color]