It is. [...] How else do you think it could be, Victor? You and I--
[.............] As you say, you can overpower me easily. And it's my job to hunt you. And so... [yes, he'll run away]
[Not that he particularly wants to hunt you anymore. But the idea of someone else taking up the job he's failed at is unbearable. But he knows he'd never be able to actually hurt you, so that just means you'd have to hurt him. Not that he's ever put it to so many words because someone sucks at communicating his feelings. But anyway.]