[jumps at her tone and immediately begins fidgeting]

It's not like that! I mean, not really. The people who are getting, as you said, blasted are in different timelines than I am, so I can't, you know, really do anything about it. And even if it could be changed so that those things don't happen in my timeline, I wouldn't know what to do! [he's getting worked up now, tears welling up and everything] You saw what happened with Vriska. Everybody saw. I'm not brave or helpful or, uh, good at anything, and my confidence is nothing but a big, phony, fake thing that doesn't really exist, at all, so why shouldn't I sleep? At least I can pretend to be something I'm not here without messing anything up.