You're missing my point. It's still better than leaving everyone else to their fate here.

（ it's not like he wants to be tortured, and he isn't ignorant of what it entails, but if it's down to someone else or him, he'd pick himself every time. maybe he'd regret it when he's under the knife, but he likes to think his resolve would hold at least that long. ）

If they're keeping us here for an execution, they won't give a shit about a medical emergency. They might care about a fight, though.

（ a fight might undercut their supposed authority. a medical emergency would just be one less person to execute. ）