[Kindness being really brutal? He couldn't see it. Why would someone kind be like that? Really though, maybe it was possible. Looking back, in his books even some of the villains tried to play the kind mentor figure for the hero, only to stab them in the back.

His confusion is prominent as he furrows his brow and clenches at his glass. Was she making a comment about him with what she was saying?]

I still don't really get it. What do you mean "the person you are brutal to is the other'? I'm not brutal if that's what you're getting at.