It's not your falt--wh, well not really, I... nngh.

[Oh dammit. Yeah, there's a handful of dented equipment thanks to their tussle, but that wasn't what caused him to cringe. Here he'd been trying to avoid talking about the elephant in the room so hard, that he ran right into it.]

Don't worry about what got damaged during the fight. I can take care of that; i-it's a very minor part anyway...

I think I should ask you something, however... [even though he's having trouble coming up with the words.]