He nods, not liking the memory of him as Kal-El, but he still respects his mother like crazy for what she did. "I had no morals, no memory, and I was fully powered. I could've killed her in a heartbeat and not cared. And she went up against me with nothing more than a rock, and won."

He looks a little embarrassed when she lays down the martyr card, though. Although he's unpleasantly reminded of the vision from his future self, being eviscerated by Zod.