I wanted to get deeper into the feeling of regret someone might feel in this instance, like, as if they incited something that breached lines on someone else's behalf kinda guilt?? And then it dawned on me that most problems in Equestria are solved by being direct and talking through things, and it doesn't make sense for the brother of the Element of Honesty to stray ANY farther than that lmao.
That doesn't cover his shyness tho, so expect some of that in the next panel.