[ a soft understanding chuff ] I suppose we might seem that way. Distant and remote. But no offence was meant, and none is taken. If we seem so, it is only because pain... is a knife that never fades, for my people. We distance ourselves... we have to. For if we do not it would slay us as surely as if you used a blade in truth. In that regard, Men have always been stronger than we.

And I am sure you would, and will.