[As much as he wanted to accept how easily she dismissed what happened, he could not. He gave a gentle shake of his head.] I lost control of myself.

[Behind him, his fingers curled into a fist and he averted his eyes, clearly ashamed of himself.] The reasoning did not matter. I should have stayed calm, but... ["I had to get out of there..." There's a quiet grumbling from him. Something mumbled that sounded like an aggressive self-reprimand. Then a deep sigh and another shake of the head.]

I should not have subjected you to that failure. For that I must apologize. [He bowed deeply again, the voices of a slightly younger Hyur and Sunseeker in his head being the only things keeping him from dropping to the floor to do so.]