Hate is such a strong emotion, one burdened with unthinkable anger. Only two men have ever engendered in Fraser anything close to that feeling, and one was responsible for murdering his father. A man who had himself been a substitute father figure for him, when his real father had been so absent from his life. But even with that hate, he abided by the law, and could not permit himself to give in, because he had to believe that justice would be served.
"I could never hate you," he replies, something approaching confusion in his expression. "Why would you want me to hate you?"