"It gets things done." He didn't like doing it, but he'd had plenty of practise in the Time Agency in being cold and distancing himself from his emotions. He'd always had a harder time of it than others, but when it came down to it, he could still get things done. "Are you saying you want me to be heartless? Because I'm pretty sure that's how we got onto this topic in the first place." He narrowed his eyes at John for a moment and set to folding his clothes.

"You didn't make me, no. But you had influence. We'd spent years together, so why wouldn't you think you rubbed off on me a little?" He paused. "Personality-wise, I mean." He didn't want John to get any ideas, though he'd done plenty of that, too. "You looked like you were having fun, so I decided to try it. What do they call it? Peer pressure?" He snorted, not liking the way those words sounded to him. "Like it or not, you did have influence. I'd hoped I'd had a lasting one on you too, but... I guess not. Silly me."