[Perhaps not; but then, it's not always such a bad thing to simply say what comes to mind.]

Hmph. You interest me... we'll have to see where that leads in time. As for the rest, it isn't a feeling I've grown acclimated to. If anything, there's often things I discover about him that I continue to hate. But...

[Is that a look of pain? In the dark, it's hard to tell.]

I don't think losing him would be any relief; I'd feel like half of me was always missing. So as much as I disdain his existence, living without him seems like an even worse fate, in its own way.