[ At this point he gives up their shared scrap of paper as too ridiculous to continue. ]

I told her what happened, so she wouldn't hear it from anyone else, and she decided I should apologize to you. That and take a patrol in the Maker-forsaken—

[ Wait. He's apologizing. At a length that's becoming impossible for him to maintain, but nonetheless. ]

Elsewhere.

[ To cool off or clear his head or whatever. Mixed result, obviously, as ever. ]