[Logic, though effective, is not something that immediately registers with Rick when he's panicking so badly. His first impulse is to craft a hasty defense: ]

--B-But I--I-I'm the o-one that a-a-asked him, i-it--it's m-my f-f-fault, he w-was--he l-looked so u-u-uh--un--uncomfortable, a-and--a-a-ah--I sh--shouldn't h-have--I-I--