She specifically did not tell him it had nothing to do with him, and Foster's reply is a low, bitter laugh.

Does it--no, it doesn't hurt more. He doesn't feel it in his chest, it doesn't give him that headache right behind his eyes.

But it bothers him incrementally more, somehow.

Instead of reassuring him that he's not the real problem, she's basically told him that it's not enough That he's not enough, and that....

"Did you not want my apology for the ritual, either?" he asks, his tone deceptively clipped.