‘No,’ said Toto. ‘I don’t feel empathy.’ He shook his head like a horse with a fly on its nose. ‘It’s not a feeling I have. It’s not an emotion I have. Feeling sorry for people?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘I don’t feel sorry for people. No.’ ‘What about emotions?’ I said. ‘You said earlier that you were an emotional person. But feeling emotions might be considered, um, a weakness.’ ‘Ah, but you select the kind of emotion you want,’ he replied. ‘You see? I’m really telling you my deepest secrets, Jon.’
