[That gets a soft but distinctly agitated noise out of him.]

After all of this, you-

[He can hear his tone becoming sharp and elevated again, and he forcibly cuts himself off before he can say anything else; he's aware, somewhere in there, that he literally just told Schwann to actually talk to him and proceeded to punish him for doing so for some goddamn arbitrary reason, and he just tries to make himself breathe for a moment to keep himself from doing it again.

He seems calmer when he speaks again. It's hard to say whether he actually is or if he's just forcing himself to be.]

This isn't happening because you're weak, or selfish, or because of anything you did wrong. If Tenn hadn't checked you over, it would have been done again anyway, by someone you don't trust as much.

[He closes his eyes for a moment. Forces whatever agitation might be welling up back down.]

You've done all you can, and in the end you chose to spare my life. I... I won't punish you for that.