I'm... working on it. Pulling it back. I shouldn't let it spill onto anyone else.

[Especially a new arrival. Sure, the apology was accepted, but he still has to take responsibility. He always does. That's who he is. Who he'd had to become. It isn't your fault, I should be better.]

[A slow shake of his head.]

You get used to it. I don't know if that means 'gets better'. But everyone tells me it does.