[Matt feels like he's about to melt into the floor. Everything's cold, everything's spinning. He broke everything, and his friend is pushing him away.]

[Taking a breath, he nods, shrugging a bit.]

People would be good. It's... been a while since I've seen another human. Um.

[He wants to apologize, to ask for forgiveness for his weakness, for messing up everything, but he can't. He's just frozen there, a phantom twinge of pain going through the old scar below his knee.]

[And then something breaks. It's as if everything hits him at once, and he's holding back tears.]

I'm sorry, Shiro. I'm sorry that I panicked and messed everything up. I'm sorry you got hurt because of me. I.... [He trails off, voice catching into a controlled sob.]