"You seem very tense, Ianto. You don't have to be. Relax." Barty gestured to the ground. Not as if there were chairs. "Sit with me. I'm not going to make you talk about your ex. I'm not a monster."

So there, Sam. He had empathy. "I'm sorry about your ex. Loss is hard to deal with. I'm a person, I know about that."

Ha.

"But now you are in love with that Harkness bloke. Tell me what's that like, Ianto. Let's gab."