[ he seems to ponder the question a moment ] Many people comment on how ... inhuman he can seem - it's partly the dragon blood, which flows rather strongly in his ancestry - but more than that, he sees maintaining a professional distance and dignity to be the best way to manage an organization of this scope, I believe.

He's a very honorable figure, but not without a merciful streak. However, he has no sympathy for the truly evil in this world. There's definitely something much more Shadow about his mentality, but it doesn't make it outdated in our modern world, either.