Barty let out a soft laugh, ending in a chuckle as he shook his head. "You're amazing at that. What a devastating way to bring me down." It was kind of a hit right to his heart and dashing any hopes he'd have had, but he couldn't help his admiration of what Sam was capable of doing so casually.

He changed the song, simply to be doing something, still shaking his head. "I miss the way you used to look at me. There's that." Sam believing in him, that had been a powerful feeling. Sam thinking him to be good. Great, even. Of course he longed for that. "I can't see it the way you do. That clear-cut morality. It's never been that way for me."