[David doesn't exactly look wounded, but he's certainly affected, because he doesn't like feeling as though he's abandoning her, which is absolutely what he's doing. Even if he thinks it's for the best. She likes him, and she trusts him, and he's come to enjoy having that. She's always treated him like a person.

But he can't stay.]

Because I can empathize with your position, but I-

[This is hard. Admitting he doesn't know something is hard, because it hurts his admittedly very sensitive sense of pride to admit he doesn't know something.]

I don't understand enough about what it means to be an individual to fully help you become one. It's something I still haven't fully discovered.

You deserve a warden who actually understands how to help you.