[It still takes him a while to answer, so caught up he is in quite simply hating himself-- that he had let his resolve weaken, that he had ever allowed that and given you false hope. Why would he have ever done that.]
[........] Fine. I guess that's fair. [Because he has made it abundantly clear you don't get a say about how things are now. But, even if he doesn't get a say... letting that happen is something he won't ever forgive himself for.]