"I appreciate the sentiment, Granger, but whether or not I wanted to do it, I still did. The my victims aren't exactly going to feel better because I felt bad about torturing and slaughtering them. They're dead. Or...or wish they were." His jaw tightens. "You think you care, because that is how this situation has made you feel. But if you weren't dependent on me for life, I'm pretty sure you'd still be disgusted by me Granger." And the most frustrating thing was that he was right, but not in the way that he thought he was. Nearly everything he said was true, and yet it wasn't like that. If Hermione wasn't dependent on him but had still gotten to know him like this, she would still care about him. She knew it. But there was no way for her to have gotten to know him like this without her life being in his hands. It was infuriating.