"Bah. I'm not a romantic. Romantics tend to work on an idealized version of the world. I prefer to be a realist." He chuckles and waves his free arm out towards the world around them. "Most people aren't all that romantic in truth, they just think they should be."

Society sucks, people are dumb, etc. "At least in my experience. I can fake it, but that doesn't mean I like it."