A tyrant and a liar...? [A sigh.] Wonder why it seems often those who're in power are the least suited for it.
[Despite how he agrees with Hook's words about the crueler master, easily getting (or at least thinking he gets) what it refers to, he shakes his head.] Nah, I ain't a hero. Goin' on missions and shootin' the enemy? Sure is a lot less heroic than leaving the service of a bad king and followin' your own moral code.
[So don't think your actions then were any less heroic, regardless of what might have driven your actions later on.]