Hey. Hey - it's alright.

[He'll step a little closer as she deflates, reaching out again. It's a quiet moment or two before he goes on:]

I...when I got stuck with these, I blamed someone else at first. I...wanted to believe it was someone else's fault, anyone else. And because of that, I just made everything so much worse than it already was.

[He's being vague, still. He's starting to feel like he shouldn't be. But the particulars of the situation aren't important just now.]

I don't intend to do that again. Not to you, or anyone else.