"We wound up talking, well, crying and kind of talking one day, before I talked to you last time. I tried to explain why I went away while she was holed up in her room. And I kind of acted like a prick, so she told me to leave and never come back."
The words are progressively more hesitant, as though he's not quite sure how to get it all out as quickly as possible. "Which is why I've been traveling. I didn't want to go ruin another good family relationship, so I figured I'd wander a little."