I won't pretend I didn't want to cut him down, in between making it harder for him to mess with people. But I don't dislike him because I can't imagine being that selfish, I dislike him because I can.

And I wanted to cut him loose, too.

[His gaze has shifted from the wall to the floor.]

I don't know what'll happen now. Maybe it'll be a disaster. But nothing else was working.

[He said he'd do something, and he did.]