"Well...yeah, true," the Exo conceded. There really was no getting around that. "That was a bit extreme, I will admit. Was I mad?" He folded his arms, head tilting as he considered that. "...no. I don't think I was. And I'm still not. I was..."

He shook his head as he thought about it, turning a circle to face the window. "Look, kid. There are a lotta things I don't think about. They just kinda flit past or I miss 'em completely. I mess up. We all mess up."

He closed his eyes for a moment. "I'm not saying this was a mess up. Okay, it was kind of messed up. But you were hurting, and you just wanted things to be good. Happy. And you just pulled everyone in with you."