Gunmax and caring, they just didn't go together, okay. He had this aloof badass loner image he was trying to keep up. This was totally throwing a wrench in it.

"I can't do that. There's no way. He'd immediately know something was up. When the hell have I ever asked people how they feel about me? That's not very me, y'know. It's not very Gunmax. He'd see right through it."