[he looks at her for a moment while he takes all of this in, still holding onto her because goodness she is in a bad state. He blinks.]
PM...?
[quickly:]
No, do not apologize. You should not do that. Er...
[that's the one thing he's sure of. Everything else, not so much. He looks badly confused more than anything; he certainly doesn't look angry, which might make her feel less horrified with herself.]
If... if kissing AR helped you discover another aspect of his problems, which he is being extremely obtuse about otherwise, perhaps I ought to have tried it, too.