Why does this separate into multiple arguments wtf bash

swat-codegen/PKGBUILD

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Zergling_man, from fedora.email
 
 pkgname=swat-codegen
-pkgver=1.0.2
+pkgver=1.0.3
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A simple CLI interface to RCPDv3, the rank code management service for the game SWAT: Aftermath"
 arch=('any')

swat-codegen/codegen.sh

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function get
 function post
 {
 	TOKE=`get_token`
-	curl -H "Authorization:Bearer $TOKE" https://swataftermath.com:9443/account/$1 --json "$2"
+	curl -H "Authorization:Bearer $TOKE" https://swataftermath.com:9443/account/$1 --json "${*:2}"
 }
 
 function delete_code