Perhaps I should explain in a way that even you can understand. [Then he dangerously enunciates every word:] I want nothing to do with you.
[He's not protecting himself against anything the other might do while they hoist the statue away - he's protecting himself from the complacency that would follow if nothing happened. He doesn't want to give away even an inch of trust.]
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Perhaps I should explain in a way that even you can understand. [Then he dangerously enunciates every word:] I want nothing to do with you.
[He's not protecting himself against anything the other might do while they hoist the statue away - he's protecting himself from the complacency that would follow if nothing happened. He doesn't want to give away even an inch of trust.]