...I guess so. There are other factors. I just need to make it clear that my behaviour is one of them. It's an important one.

[He already knows where this is going, before she even speaks up. People here have often wondered why Rich is so determined to blame himself for everything, and sure, he knows he's not completely to blame for everything that happened. He knows that... as much as he knows that he doesn't deserve the sympathy that comes with that easy way out.

He sighs heavily and shakes his head.]

If I hadn't been such a miserable asshole, the SQUIP wouldn't have been able to use me the way it did. Simple as that.