The issue is that defending his ethics has made Oliver be, in fact, temporarily more ethical!  And now he's thinking about how if he and Emily don't get along, he needs to wake up somebody else to date--it's an obvious guess that Leah does not need a man all that much--and this is running into his recently poked Ethical Part noticing how big of a fucking deal it is to wake somebody up.

The issue is that defending his ethics has made Oliver be, in fact, temporarily more ethical!  And now he's thinking about how it would be sensible to propose waiting on waking up more people, until they know if Emily and Gus turn out to enjoy being alive.  But, if he and Emily don't get along, he needs to wake up somebody else to date them--it's an obvious guess that Leah does not need a man all that much.  And this is running into his recently poked Ethical Part noticing how big of a fucking deal it is to wake somebody up.

The issue is that defending his ethics has made Oliver be, in fact, temporarily more ethical!  And now he's thinking about how it would be sensible to propose waiting on waking up more people, until they know if Emily and Gus turn out to enjoy being alive.  The problem with blurting out this policy is that, if he and Emily don't get along, he needs to wake up somebody else to date them--it's an obvious guess that Leah does not need a man all that much.  And this is running into his recently poked Ethical Part noticing how big of a fucking deal it is to wake somebody up.