You see things; and you say, 'Why?'

Bridge's response to that is a firm nod. He'd gone because while he didn't agree with her rules, his respect for authority was too ingrained for him to ignore a direct summons. Of course, now he realised that she was not *worthy* of respect, and so would not be making that mistake again. "Can I stay?" he asks, trying to use a minimum of words to get his meaning across. He really, really does not want to go back to the dorms and stay alone.