Ed spent so many years working to get himself free into his own life, and his stay in Arkham is too recent for him to not resent having his freedom stolen for the third time, by an enemy he can do nothing to try and thwart.

"I would presume that any passive resistance would be quashed as thoroughly and ruthlessly as a refusal to participate in their sexual demands?" He has no real appetite for the food here, but he can't imagine that a city so invested in controlling their people's lives would allow a hunger strike, or self mutilation, or anything that might show an exertion of will and control.