[Shut up, you're the best despicable person. Or at least you usually are. Right now you're just pissing Elliot off.]

Of course I was! You're the one who needs to listen! I only suffered because of my own weaknesses, and because my family was weak too! Do you really think things would have been better if you hadn't become my servant?! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED!