"You are not helping your case," is Ashford's response to that first part. He has no qualms about dying in the line of fire, at least not when it was for the benefit of the Belt. He had lived his life expecting to die for the Belt.

And maybe that is why this instance doesn't sit as easily with him: his lack of a meaningful bond with Beacon frustrates his ability to reconcile dying for it.

"Then you will avoid doing it again."