[Delmar blinks rapidly in surprise before shaking his head]

No... Nothing like that....

[Though he struggles a minute to try and find the words for what he is afraid of]

I'm afraid for you. And of this all becoming a cycle. Bad people causing hurt that leads to more people causing hurt until good people start causing hurt too...

[A pause before his shoulders sink, a little hopeless]

...oh dear, that didn't make any sense at all, did it?