"Well, you are very big," she said, humor finding its way into her voice, though she didn't stop stroking his arm, in case he thought she was mocking him. "Anger is a reaction to the things that have happened to you," she told him, a little more seriously. "It isn't a bad thing in and of itself. It's how you deal with that anger that counts, it's your behaviour, and you've already told me you choose not to be a monster. I believe that."