Terrence's grin widened, and he looked at her. "Well, glad you understand why I did it," he said. "Aside from my selfish reasons for hating blissful ignorance and defenselessness, of course." But really, those were all the same things in his head. He hated the concepts, and didn't want Katie to be a victim of them. He shrugged. "I'd rather you be mad at me than scared of me."