He's just more used to punishment being a cosmic thing rather than a deliberate action! But also Kyoko are you like? okay? That's a pretty troubling conclusion to jump to first.

"That... does sound pretty believable, actually," not that he necessarily wants to believe it, but he feels like he could. "For the most part, the robots seem like they're just kind of... out of touch? If this is a punishment thing, I'd assume they aren't trying to be malicious about it, though."