Incapable of regretting it. Incapable. A curious phraseology. He apologizes, despite that, and that in and of itself is its own unique occurrence. He stumbles over the words, as though they are unfamiliar. I am sorry?

Does he not frequently issue apologies? Are they unnatural, aberrant, strange, where he is from? He has difficulty expressing the words. He has difficulty, when the Batter has always been direct, unfailingly blunt, sheathed in his own certainty across every avenue.

They will start with the first, the most confusing aspect, their head tipping slowly to one side, inquiringly.

incapable
?