Vax might've argued, but there didn't seem to be any point to it.

"Is all of this a treat, or it it terrible? To be locked up in the zoo with all the strange creatures you'd write about from a comfortable distance back at home." And Vax was sure that the voice had noticed by now, given his work, how many different varieties of resident there were. He was willing to bet it would make an unusual living arrangement even for this learned fellow.