"But! I remember it, so vividly...?" Even as he protests, he frowns and puzzles it over, dropping his hand to the ground... and starts getting into a more optimistic rambling.

"You're... right. It wasn't my fault, what am I thinking? Without the Void's damage, warping my judgement... I never would have. And now I know to be on guard! Against thinking things like that! I just have to better remember... what person I want to be!"