[He doesn't know how to respond to that. He isn't sure he wants to respond to that. Hated? Yeah, he is...but being accepted by the other hated people, wouldn't that just make the problem worse?

Not to mention, he's a Berserker. There's a reason nobody trusts a Berserker, not even other outcasts. Berserkers can't be predicted, and they don't have friends. They only have targets, they're even prone to attacking themselves. So who's to say anyone would accept him, even if he did resign himself to being hated? No, it's much better to stay as he is, pretending to be a normal person.

He just buries his face in his knees, exhausted. He doesn't even want to think anymore.]