[ He slows his chewing and swallows that bite of apple down hard. This is the most he's ever heard Corvo ever talk, he's kind of stunned. And he can feel the weight behind his words, and how carefully everything is measured. He wasn't terribly good at it, (thinking before speaking, that is) but many elves had it down to an art. That last statement practically makes him flush and bristle. He is nowhere near deserving of such reverence. ]

That's all real nice of you to say, but I don't think I know myself as much as you think I do... if that makes sense.

[ He thought he knew, but a chance encounter with a powerful mage right before he joined the CDC had left him with a broken image of what he thought he was capable of. With that and all the new things being thrown at him daily, he's still fumbling with re-arranging the fragments, and trying desperately to grasp at lost pieces. ]

You know I was more selfish than brave for Terra's mission. She's real sweet and deserved stickin' up for, but I was tryin' to get back to my familiar and you know it.

[ He likes Terra a whole lot, but Shani was the one he had been willing to die for, and would die for again. Terra's mission was only the reason he needed to tip the scale. If he's mad about not having another shot at being reunited with his familiar in the shuttle crash, then he's not saying so. He silently pulls out the apple's stem, picks away the seeds and starts eating the core. Angels, how was Corvo so fast at eating? ]