There were a number of potential outcomes from my actions, good and bad. In the end, I... chose a short-term solution out of fear of what would happen if I didn't.

It seems it may have been a poor choice in the long term.

[It seems to be feeling genuine regret, for once in its existence.

To its partner, it notes,

Sorry. It seems Connor wasn't happy about my... actions recently. I think it's out of his system now.]

I wanted to tell you the rest of the details of Rich's story... there were a few aspects he left out, or just couldn't understand from his perspective.