Jamil's eyes go wide and his face goes white, then red, then a whole bunch of other colors.

"I-I didn't say that! I--"

He doesn't... really have a better explanation on hand, though, and the more he fumbles for a reason to present itself and it fails to happen, he considers that maybe this is it. He's run out of rope and all he has left is digging in his heels.

"I can't just--stop, that's not... that's not how it works."