Angelo might be sick of hearing the same thing, but he still listens to all of that very quietly. The fact of the matter is that nobody talks about him like that except Alastor. The problem is that it's also a fact that nobody, including Alastor, seems to understand that Angelo isn't meant to play second fiddle to anyone, and he knows that's how it'd be if he gave himself to Alastor the way he wants him to. "I practice enough," he says after a long pause.