"I can't just stay home," Martin says miserably, and it doesn't even occur to him that the answer may have been compelled out of him. "Melanie does have- any regard for the proper way of doing things-" He literally cannot believe he's saying that, "and Tim's still-"

Martin flounders and trails off.

"I need to be there. I'll be alright. Sorry to have just- gone off on you like that. You don't need this stress on top of everything else, too."