[He paused, not entirely sure how to convey his dilemma. ...The simpler, the better, maybe?]

Let's say... there's someone who was cruel to you. You don't understand why, but he fought against everything you wanted to protect and sided with the bad guys. A long time ago, he was a legend for all the good he did, but now, he's done nothing but oppose you. Hurt you. ...He killed you.

[Sort of a strange narrative for a human to follow, he realizes, since getting killed tends to end things then and there, but that is how it happened -- how else is he supposed to put it?]

You don't think he's interested in changing. If you meet him again, then you're sure only bad things are going to happen. Do you understand so far?