"Aye, I was. Because I took everything upon myself. All of the coordination with Elidibus and Urianger, all of the emotional labor, everything. Even though my friends were right there. You saw how miserable it made me, how close I came to breaking."

... and you probably didn't notice, but it hurt my friends deeply, seeing me become like that. They didn't know what to do—I wouldn't let them truly comfort me. Everything just got worse and worse for us. I couldn't be the man they needed me to be, because I could barely keep myself together and was no longer myself."

He strokes her tail slower. "... this isn't anywhere near as bad as that, but it's of the same vein. You'll hurt me by hurting yourself. Don't give what you can't spare and don't take all the suffering upon yourself."