...he's a bit too narcissistic to grok the notion of someone hating him.
Which is kind of surprising considering (apparently) pretty much the rest of the Erf has allied in an army to take him out. :) Maybe he thinks they don't hate him, rather they're just jealous of his Arkentool.
"That's not right, that's not even wrong."
"This is not an idea to be tossed aside lightly, it should be thrown with great force."