[Though he notes that continued avoidance, Carlisle doesn't bring it up just yet -- not until he thinks it might be something inhibiting the doctor from doing this adequately.]

If you say so.

[He finishes his cup, setting it aside for the time being.]

Perhaps it would be easier to resist a compulsion that goes against your moral code, whatever it may be. Something that gives you scruples and would therefore be harder for you to justify to yourself.