[ Based on her calming down ever so slightly, plus the apology, he looks up at her with a soft smile. ]

Don't apologize for that. Can you imagine how long we'd be sitting here if we tried to tally the number of times each of us did something that we'd need to apologize for?

[ Mostly, he's thinking of the fact that Naminé wasn't around for his first year or so in Verens, and he wasn't particularly charitable then. He puts his own drink down for a moment. ]

Whatever you need to say, I'll listen to. I'm not proud of what I did in Castle Oblivion, but I've screamed and fought and hurt myself through picking up the fragments for awhile now, with Sora's help and Snow White's... Roxas and Usagi too. Finally getting to talk to... Riku again helped. What I mean is... I exploded and made everyone else deal with it. You've been...

[ His smile turns into more of a smirk. ]

More considerate. I'm not saying my way was better. I just know you should have a chance of your own to figure things out - and if your slower way doesn't hurt the people around you, I'm not about to tell you that's a bad thing, Naminé.