I know. You don't need to tell me how much of a failure it was on my part.

[he doesn't regret taking the badges, but he sure regrets how it went down. archie hasn't wanted to let his emotions get the best of him, but they did. again.

he ignores espeon's ire for the meantime; he's quite used to the eevee line hating him by now.]

That's-- [friggin TELEPATHS] good. Yeah. At least you don't have a past or habit of being a fuck up on your side, so I'm sure it'll go better.