I wasn't trying to push his buttons. [It comes as a snap now, House digging in his heels. If he were a dog, his ears would be back and his hackles would be raised.] I didn't even want him to do that to himself. I told him not to. He's a moron.

I don't need people to spare me pain. I know how to deal with it.

[The physical kind much better than the other kinds.]