Well... it was more like I didn't want you to worry about it 'cause I thought I could handle myself, y'know? I definitely wasn't trying to get you to shut up or anything like that.

[He pauses to consider it though and winces.]

But I can see where it would look like that. Fuck, I dunno, maybe I was doing it without really thinking about it, y'know? But I'd never intentionally do something like that to you, kyoudai. Never. That shit's unforgivable.