"It's not something you can get rid of, or abandon." Not true. He knows he's lying, but now is not the time for technicalities. She's not able to appreciate technicalities right now. "You might not have known it until now, but it is a part of you. It will always be a part of you. It will define you whether you use it or not. A power, a skill that's yours. To throw it away, to curse it because it requires... time, effort, respect... because it does not suit your ideal of it..."

He can't even find an appropriate word. Instead he just sighs, frustrated at his inability to articulate himself. At the flippancy she's showing all of this. Giving up, he tilts his head at her. "What did you think it was? A gift that served your every desire with a thought or gesture? Do you think it doesn't come with a cost? With responsibility?"