[Yes, of course he does. Of course he has to go out of his way to be hurtful. Why would he want to be anything but hurtful? He doesn't want people hanging around him, so of course he'll try to push them away. The people who don't learn, who refuse to be pushed away... he doesn't understand them.

Why would they keep bothering?

He doesn't get it.]

They shouldn't. [They shouldn't care.] It is not my fault if they decide for some nonsensical reason to attach themselves to me! I have not changed my behavior [...Right? (No, he's changed, he just doesn't realize that he's gotten softer)] so if they insist on clinging even so, they should be well-aware of what they will receive in return from me.

[It's not fair, he thinks, that he's expected to be different just because people want to like him.]