Well that would do it.
It is wholly unjustified, too! How many times has she seen me wield the cruel and biting sword of contempt??? If sweet and tender weapons also dangle from my belt, am I nothing other than a fully functional man, yet unembittered by life? Should this natural state with its full range of motion not be prolonged with the most strenuous effort? Not for me the grim slog toward mortality! Let me bow, and bend, and not be ashamed.