And perhaps he was convinced... so long as it remained convenient. So long as you went along with whatever idea of you he had in mind. People like him- will never truly accept you.

[Stated like some ineffable, unmovable fact. These things he needed to remind himself of. Because it was tempting to believe otherwise, wasn't it?

But why risk it?]

Perhaps he still believed you could be 'redeemed'. A cruel joke... this misfortune of tolerance they play at. There's no changing what we are.