His situation? His situation? Cecilia's eyes widened as Rhett went on, and if she'd been starting to calm down before, that was all gone now.
Now she was starting to believe he was legitimately insane.
"Hold on, let me try and make sense of what you're saying," she said, voice rising again. "Are you... are you trying to manipulate me into feeling bad for you and your situation? Is that what this whole pity party you've been throwing has been about? How terrible this is for you? Let me give you a reality check, Rhett. Every one of us that took Them up on that offer knew they were going to throw something terrible at us. We decided that whatever it was we wanted, it was worth the risk of an equally terrible punishment. You felt that what you needed most in the world was a weapon, but not just any weapon, but your own, personal weapon. You have offered up no explanation as to why this was so necessary to you, which can only lead to the conclusion that there is no special sentimentality behind it, it is an actual weapon, and you need it to feel better. And maybe you've used it before. You seem pretty eager to hurt somebody.
'So surprise, surprise: they threw a terrible task at you, like you knew they would. Like we all knew they would. And you're feeling like you deserve any amount of sympathy from me? Or like I'm supposed to let you hurt me, so you can avoid punishment, and get your weapon? Or look the other way so you can hurt somebody else? Do you honestly think anybody in this house should feel bad for you? Because let me tell you, if that's what you're honestly trying to sell me on, I think you're psychotic and dangerously out of touch with reality. You have done nothing to try and show me you have even a shred of human decency. The only concern you've expressed? Is for yourself. So if there was any part of my brain that might have been willing to give you the benefit of the doubt beforehand, that's gone now. Every second I spend listening to you whine about your situation is only enforcing the idea that you don't need to be shadowed today, you need to be shadowed constantly. How's that? Am I up to date on the situation?"