You're right. Some would enjoy the mark you have, wanting to rely on someone else. [He eyes it on Larus' neck. It isn't that he wants to be in a position of absolutely no power. Given a choice, clearly, he would choose dominant.]

But those types of people wouldn't be of much use to us, now would they? It would seem that, for the moment, we're stuck in this hell. You would think I would have grown accustomed to it. How about yourself? [Finally, his eyes move off of Larus' neck and up to his eyes.]