Yeah, Gyre eyes the message for several beats trying not to boil over in frothing rage at the idea that this man has any idea what it's like to be a soldier. He grits his teeth, holds his breath for a second, and gives up on trying to change the subject for now.

《I was disgusted by the violence of your institutions long before I was a soldier. A parent's chastising is nothing in comparison.》

Hierarchies are inherently violent to him, and he truly despises every single one he's had to deal with in his time, from school to the military.