And taking away a piece of someone doesn't make them less?!

[He can think of something painful, but he's looked at that plenty. And he did learn from it. It's why he's careful who he trusts. It's why finding someone he could trust was important.]

But that's what you want to do to me. You say you won't but you want to, I can tell!

[He pushes off the wall, and half steps, half falls forward, to grab Cole by the chin, get in his face and yell at him.]

What is it you think I need to forget, then? What's too stuck?! Tell me!