[he holds onto her just as tightly, because he loves her very much but also because he's beginning to feel sort of floppy. He looks out to one side as he talks, not really focusing on anything.]
No—no.
[he lapses into a moment of silence after quickly saying that, just holding onto her.]
PM—there has been far too much apologizing already. I have heard more apologies from AR than I ever care to again. The thing is done—words of remorse cannot take it back. Perhaps what you did was truly the only way.
[the only way to what? Break AR's stubborn mood? He isn't sure what he's really saying anymore, only that he's trying to both calm PM down and make sense of this whole mess they're in.]