Rowan's Discourse on Why Hitting People is Wrong

First off- Rowan is a pretty playful boy. He is champion at turning the mundane into a lively game and laughing when a situation has even a hint of humor. He has a lot of energy and sometimes it gets the better of him. At lunch today he was fighting with his sister over a stick of chapstick. (They are both obsessed with chapstick- especially Miriam.) So to solve the problem he not only grabbed it out of her hand but also hit her on the side of the face with it. She of course started to bawl and Rowan was sent to time out.
For only being 2 1/2 Row is excellent at time outs. He usually stays put and will even tell me or Keegan to start the timer if we haven't in the first 10 seconds. When the time is up he will tell me what he did wrong (without any prompts), give me a kiss and hug (complete with head lying on my shoulder) and be on his way. But today he had more to say than his usual "no-no hit Mi-iam." Instead he gave me a full two minute rant which began with "No hit Mi-iam and mom and dad and baby Giff and people." He included phrases like "Hit people and give them owies and cry and be sad" and "no hit people on head be sad." All of this was done with a LOT of facial expression and swinging his arms back and forth. I wish I could have recorded it because his inflection was the best! It was one of my prouder parenting moments to actually make it through without laughing at him!
TL:DR: After getting out of time-out Rowan gave a long rant about why he shouldn't hit people. :-)