[He can sympathize with that. Very much, in fact. If Haru was willing to admit that, there was hope that he could change after all.

That is, if he was serious and not simply as good at arousing Jules' interest as he was with... arousing other things.]

You might have said that in the first place instead of mocking me.

...I don't think you're not smart, though. Quite the contrary. [Scheming to get people into bed with you takes intelligence!]