"It's nae that simple," Sean says, and while he shakes his head, his gaze stays locked unerringly on Meredith with the single-mindedness that only these rare, brief moments of perfect clarity bring. "Sometimes ye jus'... need ta sound things out 'fore they click, no matter how obvious they should be. Ye really hurt me, but I knew I'd done wrong, too, an' I was so eager t'put it behind us an' then so glad when we had that I jus' let it sit, let it make room f'r doubt when I wasnae lookin'." This all comes out in a partially-slurred rush, and he pauses to catch his breath for a second, tries to figure out how to condense this a little. "'M sorry."