It isn't a sore spot. That would imply a sensitivity about the subject, whereas I'm simply clarifying that there is no feasible way in which Markus and I would be friends.

[He's supposed to hunt down deviants, the very idea is countermeasure to what he is. But that seems to be the whole crux of the conversation, isn't it?]

Arenvald... I appreciate your concern. But maybe this isn't the best time to be talking about something so irrelevant here. We have a Storm to worry ourselves with.