[He is trying very hard not to, but he can't say it doesn't bother him. At the very least his mind is calm, and the distressing hum he sometimes can hear isn't buzzing there like it had started to when he looked so distressed the day before.]

I'm...not sure it would be fair, trying to compare our reactions. I know what that feels like, and it would probably make me feel sympathetic, rather than jealous or angry. You and I don't think about things the same way, but there was a lot of guilt, and fear.

I'm not sure how I would react if I hadn't...it's hard to say.