TBH, you did come off a bit dismissive and cold Palem, basically it sounded like you didn't care if he quit or not. "And nothing of value was lost" was the impression your post gave me. If you don't want him to quit, you should say "you shouldn't quit" rather than tell him he is making a poor decision lol :P
Kevin, don't quit. if it was just a few days old province then it should be easy for you to get back to where you were pretty quickly. They must have worked quickly to demolish your province overnight lol