If he could've waited a month, it might not have happened at all.

[He rubs the back of his neck.]

I don't know if I'd say mad, exactly... more, ah, distressed... [He's not going to say anything about crying, but, well.] There are things that should be said, but I don't think that's the same as saying that they should be said without care.

Especially to someone with a sensitive spirit.