"That wasn't your fault," Autor insists, resting a curled fist on the floor. He's irrationally annoyed with the Fool for bringing on this situation, though it might have happened sooner or later, given how she's feeling. "He's... weirdly attached to his apples. And what he said about you... a-and me... was terribly inappropriate. I'm sorry I let him--that he was... I'm sorry, Miss Kuriyama."