( For Jingyi, all of this is appropriate politeness to a peer: deeper he could go, but it would show a different dissonance, and formality in apology is sincerity, is earnestness, from a Lan. To do less would be to give no face, and to lessen the importance of it all.

Endless cultural headbutting. He straightens, regardless, lips twitching into a frown. )

Yours and mine. ( Because if he didn't want to know himself, he wouldn't have asked. ) And—I mean it, even if I don't think he really believes it, I didn't intend offense. But you didn't deserve that, Inigo, and if I'd known there was an issue, I wouldn't have brought you along to be given no face like this.

( He means it metaphorically, but the concept of 'face' is one he hasn't explained, hasn't known to or tried, and it doesn't quite translate to 'pride.' More complex, and so face becomes a literalism, in its way. )

Tidus isn't trying to actively hurt you, but I set him up to do it, and I'm sorry. I...

( have no idea what to do about it since there's such a massive divide he's only partly aware of why is it so hard to understand what anyone's doing or thinking? )

Is there anything I can do? ( really, including "please shut up already" but asking is invitation. )