Thank you. ... Not just for that, but ... for listening. For not judging me for all of this ... I know it must have been difficult to hear, since, well.

[he tries for a self-deprecating smile, but doesn't quite get there. it's more of a grimace]

I don't know what you might've been expecting, but ... it probably wasn't all that. I hope I haven't ... put you off for the rest of the day.