"I don't expect my feelings to do anything for you." That's also a hard truth, but an equally blunt statement. "I'm just telling you that I don't pity you."

But then he snorts. "Clint, if you want some real serious heavy pain I'll make it happen, but it's going to take some kind of... tool use. I hold back. All the time, in everything. The only exception is when I'm fighting some super powered jackass trying to end the world. That can't change."