And you see no middle ground between shunning all human interaction, and bleeding yourself dry, trying to care about everyone. That is a very-- sad way to look at the world.

[And it seemed false. A lie, however subconscious, to avoid looking at his own actions and how little Chishiya might not care about the life of others.

Or, Aleksander could be looking at the product of a man, who had loved ones and lost them to the games. Someone who had everything to live for, and lost it along the way.

He rolls his head back, an drunken look - slightly exaggerated.]

Is that why you look for the broken pieces in me? Because you are broken yourself.