[his eyes fill with tears - not just from the physical pain, heck no. he knows just how angry Louie must be - they'd all been livid enough when he hadn't said anything about the Spear of Selene. and the fact that all he did was hit him ... that he's so angry that he won't even unload on him, and give him the catharsis of being punished properly for what was, he admits, a massive screw-up ... that might just even hurt worse. that they can't just yell about this for a few minutes and be done.
no subject
nope.
this one's gonna follow him.]
....
.... you want me to go now?