"I am not caging up," he answered, his tone rising slightly. "I am not even against the very concept of caring for someone else, if you'd bothered to listen. If I was truly devoid of all care, I would have killed all of you the moment I stepped foot in this place. That would have been the smart thing to do if consolidating power was the only thing on my mind."

He took a deep breath to calm down a little, and his tone gets somewhat normal again.

"But I feel kinship with most people here. I just want to open your eyes... your place is above, not below! As rulers, not slaves!"