[Manipulated.

"Depend too much-"

Ramirez pushes the thought away before it could finish. No. There's no point in dwelling on that right now. Not here, where's he so far away from any sort of resolution.

Besides, he has other things to worry about. Like the fact that he has probably only further upset this young girl.]

...I apologize. It's been a rather disrupting few days, but I shouldn't have taken it out on you.

Don't pay my words any mind, miss.