"And before you wonder, no, I don't pity you. You don't want that anymore than I do. My emotions regarding you are much more complex and yet simpler than I can ever describe. I have always held cold, unyielding logic above all other things. Emotions, particularly love, have only served to break me when I think I am at my weakest. Indeed, having any kind of companion in my quests had always seemed a hindrance rather than beneficial due to becoming compromised and having to save whatever hapless idiot that the Fates have festooned onto me.