'Respect?' he asked with a smirk. 'Well I could have told you I respect you. Wait, I have told you I respect you. Repeatedly even.' He smiled, though the smile might have faltered a slight bit as Percy went on.
'I know that, Percy, even if she doesn't.' He tilted his head. 'I'm not completely oblivious to the fact that I'm the one not willing to give enough.'
'That doesn't mean that I don't get to bitch about not having you, at least to Pansy,' he added with a smirk.