He doesn't speak for what seems like a long time after that, which only seems to make her breathing louder. Defending himself seems to go awry whenever he attempts it, if only because of the evidence stacked against him.

More than that, it almost seems that it's the role she's picked out for him. In a castle that doesn't have a face, she needs someone to hate besides herself. Who better to fill that role.

... If he could hear himself think, he would learn to stop sooner.

"For something. Maybe I was."