The Batter was inept when it came to understanding and expressing emotions. Even with the lessons he learned from Zacharie and...others fresh in his mind, it still was a struggle to express anything. But he could still pick it up from others via observation.

And it's obvious he did something wrong here.

It was not a usual tactic employed by many for obvious reasons. At best if things went wrong the purifier could have lost a few fingers and a worst his whole hand. And it may be a byproduct of having the Puppeteer - and now the Storyteller - on hand to revive him, it meant little. Of course, to the Batter his life...

...no. That train of thought would just lead into another loop in the purifier's mind and he did not need that right now. Focus. Address the situation at hand. Talk.

"It was my choice to make. I am incapable of regretting it." The Batter has done it with a clear mind, after all. It wasn't a desperate last-ditch attempt or anything. He reached out to grab the blade with the intent of catching the Drifter off guard with the move. That's all.

His brow furrows slightly as he tries to find the words. "I am unsure if this is the correct thing to say. But if I have upset you, I am...sorry? I think that's it."

That should be it, if he recalled it correctly.