[This isn't as bad as he'd expected, so it's not really upsetting or anything, but he's also not super enthusiastic about the critique. Not because he thinks Kyna's wrong, necessarily--in fact he's pretty sure she's right--but because it isn't the point.]

I was making it clear to the new arrivals that I felt strongly about this, so they'd feel safe enough to voice their own concerns. Putting it more gently or hedging how I'd approached things wouldn't have given them confidence that they could speak up and trust me to validate their feelings.

[He'd handled things very purposefully, and it's a frustrating pattern that those here assume he just doesn't understand the consequences of his actions.]