"I'm telling you I tried!" he says, and he takes to take a breath to keep himself from raising his voice.

Nancy doesn't care if he tries because he failed. In truth he supposes he can understand that. There are no points for effort here. Midnight has still been ripped apart as a faction, and even if he thinks Abigail made a mistake siding with Raymond Nancy herself won't care. Abigail was her friend.

"I'm sorry," he says finally, and he sounds defeated because he is.