[ laughs, inappropriately. ]

It is because I think of others that I am not dead yet. [ but he shakes his head— is now the time? ]

So your calling is, as you have decided it, to destroy things you hold dear because you judge it necessity? Nothing you have said has made me understand why this is your necessity. I am apparently insensitive and thick-headed both. I told you this before, I do not understand others. But still, I wish to. If you deny my request, then that is that, I cannot press you further.

[ he finally removes his hands from his eyes, blinking if possible to see if he still has vision in both. ]