"Not at all." Standing up, he stretches for a moment before examining those fingers. "One of them's from some stalker who tried to pass off some murder he committed as an 'accident,' the pissant."

THe other... was his own choice, made to protect a big secret. As it turned out, choosing not to explain his indifference to the pain of others helped to shield him, because for some unexplained reason this nail torture did actually cause him pain.