Phil's a good person, even though he's got the exact opposite opinion of himself.

[It's said with conviction and a certain underlying warmth.]

He's never been very good with people, and sometimes it makes him hard to read. If he had his way, he'd be happy to live locked away in his room with his books instead of other people.

[For multiple reasons, but most of them are ones that Marcus isn't really at liberty to go into.]

But even then, he'd always be trying his hardest for everyone else's sake.