[He gave her a blank look for a moment, worried about letting his actual feelings show before he realized that was a little too close to a lie for his comfort. The look then turned sardonic, and he couldn't help the mocking smile he gave her.]

Of course I am. You just generally seem to put a different spin on how I'm taking things than what's the fact of it. I'm condescending at best to most of them. They're strangers, love. I don't care about them, not nearly as much as I do about you.