[He hates that the nervousness from Rhys is just about palpable, even without being able to see his face, and so he's not going to dance around the subject. They both know what he saw, and what others have told him, so pretending it didn't exist doesn't help either of them.]
It must be pretty scary to have something like that in your head, I can't imagine how hard it is to deal with. And-- I'm sorry that I had to hurt you, but I know you wouldn't have wanted to kill anyone and would forgive me. Because that? That isn't you, isn't your fault.
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[He hates that the nervousness from Rhys is just about palpable, even without being able to see his face, and so he's not going to dance around the subject. They both know what he saw, and what others have told him, so pretending it didn't exist doesn't help either of them.]
It must be pretty scary to have something like that in your head, I can't imagine how hard it is to deal with. And-- I'm sorry that I had to hurt you, but I know you wouldn't have wanted to kill anyone and would forgive me. Because that? That isn't you, isn't your fault.
[SO THERE.]