Jeb's not used to trusting. Too often it's ended in pain and betrayal and lying awake wondering Could I have done something differently?

He knows that Max must hate him for what he's done. He doesn't blame her, even though it hurts to have incurred her anger for something he had to do. (It was for your own good, he struggles to tell her, but she never listens.)

The remarkable thing is that Iggy understands. That despite what Jeb has been to him and the rest of the flock, he trusts Jeb.

It's remarkable: the blind one is the kindest.