[He gives a lot of hollow jokes, she's starting to notice. He'd tried to do it about his arm, too, before they'd even been face to face. ...The fact that he was surprised she found out is a bit of a hollow joke in itself. Poor guy. Especially since now the person currently most dear to him is thinking about how she wants to see him cry. What a pal!]

Mm... I don't -- think mistakes make you waste your life. It's like, um, like a -- rough draft. If it's too late, then -- a parable. For someone else. That -- way is shitty. [A pause, then a cough of a regretted laugh.] With how mmmuch you do for -- me, it wouldn't surprise me... To be -- for others, I mean.