I have never said I want you to stop helping. I'm saying I want you to stop thinking every situation needs you to rush in with a hammer. I'm saying stop and fucking think. Work with other people instead of setting yourself up as the lone savior, because some people are here to learn to be as proactive as you are, and you are taking that lesson away from them. Help them learn how to do what you do.

I'm sorry I haven't been around. [There is the smallest fracture in his voice. He swallows.] I should have been. It's going to change