[An unenthused breath in. Not exactly what he wants to hear, the fact that he's not changed in all of that time. But it's not about that. He's not going to ask, he's not going to push for clarification. Instead, he simply shakes his head.

You're saying that you hate me, and then you're saying you want to bond with me. You get it, right, that sayin' that doesn't exactly fill me full of confidence?

[Almost there now.]

I'm gonna need more than that to trust you. That's what a bond is. Trust.