...I mean, Kuja's a bit of a drama queen, so I thought he was just being, y'know, dramatique.

[Also, after beating him up the one time, Andy had shuffled Kuja into 'pest, but not dangerous' category. He was just like any other esper that had a crippling reliance on their powers. Once it was taken away, it was like beating up a frail, Victorian child: that is to say, it made Andy feel bad at the one-sidedness of it all.]

But if it's something more serious than that...