"You should have gone with them." That comes out calmly enough. Even, slow.
His voice doesn't stay like that for long, though.
"You should have gone with both of them--you know they're going to be going through some sort of hellish torment, and you just let them go and stayed here with me, instead. When I know. I know you're the daring, bold, brave sort of person who would be out there with them. I can't help them! You could! Look, I'm going to be fine, we're not even being treated to a jolly murder pantomime this time! They're out there, the two of them, and they'd be safer, better off if they had you, too."
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His voice doesn't stay like that for long, though.
"You should have gone with both of them--you know they're going to be going through some sort of hellish torment, and you just let them go and stayed here with me, instead. When I know. I know you're the daring, bold, brave sort of person who would be out there with them. I can't help them! You could! Look, I'm going to be fine, we're not even being treated to a jolly murder pantomime this time! They're out there, the two of them, and they'd be safer, better off if they had you, too."