Of course! Of course I have been, I ain't heartless. But it's knowin' when they're good to go and when they're not, you know? Like... Like with you, I'm not too worried about you and all, but there're still times where...

[.... where he's worried? about what? he's struggling for a moment, a sick feeling in his stomach that he ends up shoving away the same time he drops his hands and puts them in his pockets instead

Manipulation is manipulation, was it?]

Anyway, of course I have. It's human to. But to their extent? Un-healthy.