The Power of Counter-Painting

He's not just a jerk because he is aware. He just doesn't act on that awareness. He shoves it back down. Death is kind of, he plays that nuclear option. When Sabine was worried about her weight and needing weight watchers, he kept telling her it doesn't matter and she looked good. So we know he has such conflicting impulses. Although that line is the part that comes before this thing about her having her own mind half the time.