[A second later, he burst into the room with the grace of a battering ram and shut the door immediately behind him, pressing himself to it and hunching his shoulders, looking extremely small for one as usually bright and bold in presence, even if comically and unintentionally.]

...Rose, I messed up. I messed up big time, and I'm sorry that I'm going to wind up venting this all at you, you can really feel free to tell me to stop if you don't want me to but you're the only person I could think of that can actually think because I can't, especially not now.

[He inhaled sharply after his tirade, realizing he'd said it all in one breath.]