Trial by fire.

Hello Evey.
You. It was you?
Yeah.
That wasn't real? Is Gordon--?
I'm sorry but Mr. Deitrich's dead.
I thought they'd arrest him, but when they found a Koran in his house, they had him executed.
Oh, God.
Fortunately, I got to you before they did.
You got to me?
You did this to me? You cut my hair?
You tortured me?
You tortured me.
Why?
You said you wanted to live without fear.
I wish there'd been an easier way, but there wasn't.
Oh, my God.
I know you may never forgive me but nor will you understand how hard it was for me to do what I did.
Every day, I saw in myself everything you see in me now.
Every day, I wanted to end it.
But each time you refused to give in, I knew I couldn't.
You're sick! You're evil!
You could have ended it, Evey.
You could have given in, but you didn't.
Why?
Leave me alone! I hate you!
That's it!
See, at first, I thought it was hate too.
Hate was all I knew.
It built my world, imprisioned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe.
I thought I'd die with all the hate in my veins.
But then something happened.
It happened to me just as it happened to you.
Shut up! I don't want to hear your lies!
Your own father said that artists use lies to tell the truth.
Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it you found something true about yourself.
No.
What was true in that cell is just as true now.
What you felt there has nothing to do with me.
I can't feel anything anymore!
Don't run from it Evey. You've been running all your life.

V for Vendetta