Wow, Guy sure was angry about this. Stephen legitimately had not been expecting that, and he felt quite guilty -- not for being complicit in Guy's situation, though, but for upsetting him so much. Most of the words washed over Stephen, honestly; he had had a few drinks and wasn't in a place where Guy's anger and eloquence would hit home, not tonight. His eyebrows drew together with contrition, and when he spoke, it was quiet.

"I'm sorry," Stephen said, and he truly did look it. "I didn't mean to upset you." And here the illusion of comprehension would break; Guy would realize that Stephen simply wasn't understanding. "But you did ask, and I answered you as best I could." Stephen hadn't been lying, and he hadn't said what he had said out of malice or deliberate cruelty. "We can talk about something else, if you'd prefer that."