I think he was trying manipulate it, but I can't be sure, I only know what Renart's told me.

[There's a slight undercurrent of warning here, to tell John to keep this between them. He's sort of betraying trust to be talking about this at all, but he needs to talk to someone.]

I just don't trust him. I saw what he really like, he didn't have any regret for taking someone's life, that's not a man I want around people I care about.