I'd have to partition off my core data and purge everything else, which would mean I'd lose my memories.

[And his distaste for that prospect is impossible to overlook. When the only thing he could do was sacrifice what remained of someone precious to him, he preferred obliteration to it. Circumstances are different now, but losing his memories yet again is a disquieting thought]

And maybe that's true, but I think...some truths just hurt others.

[Which may say more about himself and his circumstances than it does about anybody else]