"People change. I've changed, Lois. I don't want to hurt her anymore. I want to talk to her. To discuss my..." He grinned a little. "...my feelings with her. She will help me move on. I'll get over my loss and find it in myself to live without such hatred in my heart." God, he sounded like Kara. Or Dr. Phil.
"Then you will not be fighting much longer," he told her with a bored sort of sigh. "Not if you don't give me what I want."