"The deck was stacked against you. It's not a fair judge of your living."

Bunny can feel Dan's embarrassment, can sympathize with the way he too would be frantic with stress if he'd been in the position Dan was, so close to a death he was powerless to stop on his own. His anxiety over helplessness is a different flavor from Dan's, but it's still an anxiety they can relate on.

"Well, until we have a better idea, Goluboy might as well be Rothbart. Any weaknesses you know of?" Owls don't have a lot of vulnerable points, Bunny is well aware, and that annoys him.