I knew. I liked it. Maybe it wasn't about being a good person the way you would see it, but it was about being a whole person and not just some dead husk of what was left after a man went to Hell over something so stupid...

[ He takes the jabbing, because he deserves it to some extent. He deserves more, really, but maybe that just comes from the fact that he's overindulged these past few days and he doesn't like knowing that he's hurt Blake, even if he doesn't regret his actions. ]

If you would deny me that, then you're not the John Blake I thought I knew.