There's a nod of understanding, followed by a sigh. "I want to claim it being self control, but realistically... I just had more time to adjust. To get used to what I am and how to keep myself in check and find alternatives. Which also were readily available to me back in the Archives." He reaches a hand over to Tony's restless one on the table, not interrupting the motion but instead offering an alternative, if Tony wishes to take it.

"You didn't have any of that. And neither did I when I was a Hunter. None of whichever discipline I claim to have acquired kept me at bay. I hunted, I hurt, I craved the pain of others in ways I weren't familiar with. Please know that I'm not blaming you for what you did back there. Because even I was powerless to this influence and I should have been the one most familiar with it."