"I'd rather be incapable of hate than to be incapable of stopping it from consuming me," Ern said rather abruptly, quite put off by Smith's laughter. Oh he had more, but it wasn't right to be speaking of such things in public, especially in front of muggles. "You speak of it as if it's some sort of enviable trait--maybe that's just another indicator of how just damned fucked up your perspective just happens to be."
"And you haven't done everything you can to keep yourself safe--or even sane for that matter, Mr. Public-Relations-Disaster-in-one-fell-swoop. If you haven't noticed there are more things going on, and if you don't take care you'll get yourself killed. Not that this seems to matter to you, does it?"