WWHYY THE FUCK IS HE LISTENING TO HER !! WHY whWYHWyW WHyw the FuSCK WhwwywywYWHwyWY!!
Jokes aside it actually bothers me that he listens to the to the president instead of just leaving.
I also don't understand why he needs permission... for now my head canon is that he needs authorization to leave town. It'd be a law to keep common folk from going outside willy nilly.