[Revenge. It's not much of a gain, he knows. But he's already lost Neo. He's lost any hope of going home - you can't return to a corpse, after all. He has nothing left to lose. Revenge won't bring either of them back, but at least it might ease his blinding rage.

He's not going to say that to Ozpin, though. There's no point in showing weakness to the enemy, and it isn't as if he'd accept the answer anyway.]

You really believe that, don't you?

[That his students wouldn't string him up. Roman can't even be angry; he's just too amazed at the naivety. Especially after what Roman has just told him about Ruby.]

You've spent too much time up in that tower. You're out of touch with the monsters you've created.

[He smiles slowly, but it isn't the least bit pleasant.]

I wonder how long it'll take them to turn on you.