Eliot thought he was prepared. It's a mistake that's haunted him for so long, that's been the reason behind so much of his change, that's affected every decision he's ever made since then--

--and it was the mistake that just kept on giving.

"I'm sorry, okay?" It's half-yelled. He can't get involved like this, he has a job to do, he needs to get the details of the auction and that wasn't going to happen if he didn't play his part perfectly, but that was starting to shatter.

He's had this conversation in his mind for years. And now it was becoming real.

Definitely wasn't going the way he was expecting.

"I didn't want to leave you behind. I didn't have a choice. It was the only way to make sure that we all survived!"