Don't worry, this is as far as he's planning to go right now. The clarity Kai provides is vital for this talk, but getting too cozy would surely be counter productive.

"Mostly that there wasn't another option," he can say that much easily. But... still, "Maybe... a little that it hurt anyway. But more than that, I can't help but feel kind of mad at myself for not assuming that it would have been tough on you two right away."