"It sounds like her generation opened up the door to a great many things." He didn't like any of them. He'd rather hide his sexual proclivities and have his world intact, but they seem to far gone to get any of that back.
"Thankful, I was not so far gone, but the apology stands. You shouldn't have been subjected to my rambling, no matter the reason." The fact that focusing on this man had help distract him from the pain was no excuse at all. He would have controlled himself better.
Regulus smiled at the joke. "You still look very handsome in them and more authoritative than those silly Muggle clothes. Certainly better than the colour St. Mungo's picks for its healers."
He tilted his head so he could look at Jake directly. "Can you even understand how big is my loss? My family is dead. Everyone I know is dead. More than that, everything I know and everything I died for is dead. I'll mourn for a little big longer, because I'm not ready to let go something that only happened a week ago."