[SORRY, HE CAN'T HELP IT.]

That isn't--

[There's a slow breath.

And he squares his shoulders.]

I...was not certain how you would react to things, now that you have had time to think about them. I see that those...concerns were somewhat misguided now.

[There. Look. He's trying really hard to be somewhat emotionally competent. Sort of. It's hard, okay.]