[ The mansion hadn't broken him. He couldn't afford to falter now that he had been here, though now there was something of a deep-set pain lodged into his chest he couldn't ignore. Perhaps the other had actually hit a sore spot? ]

That's not true. I've always fought hard and that shouldn't change now, as it's saved lives when I did. I don't... want what's easy, even if i'm wrong in fighting back.