I know.

[He knows what John went through. He knows the look in people's eyes.]

They look at you like their sadness means shit. But they aren't sad. They're embarrassed. Uncomfortable. That's why they want to change you, make you feel better. None of it's for you, not really. That's what pity really means.

[And selfish as he is, he'd never take what he doesn't want. He curls his upper lip.]

I'd never pity you, John. I know who you are - who you really are. I don't ever want you to change.