No, no. [He furrows his brow and looks down, trying to find the right words.] I wasn't... I wasn't upset. That's the thing. I was upset with myself, not with you. You're the one who did the right thing.

And you were trying to talk to me, and I brushed you off because I was in a hurry to lock myself up away from everybody else. I'm really sorry for that. I've been away from you the whole month, and... now...

[now he's sick. could it have been avoided?]