[ after getting yelled at for the past ten minutes, he kind of expects that reaction, and only flinches a little. he still doesn't meet magnus in the eyes, but he does at least sound a little more convicted when he speaks again. ]

I messed up. And not just with the bomb, too, I. Someone died on my watch. And someone could have died here again.

The people here — they deserve to be protected by the best, and that's not me.