[He doesn't... really have an answer for the first part. Logically or not, he can't surrender responsibility for things that he did with his own hands.]

Someone who-- generally, I would count as a friend, threatened to cut off my hands. I feel very warmly towards her, and she was not herself, but--

I cannot shake my discomfort around her, and equally, I cannot expect anyone to be easy around me, now that it is done.

You are very well informed upon this matter. It felt... I felt as though most people did not feel so kindly towards workers as the way you speak indicates.