[Is this how Kimbley feels every single time he manages to stun Archer into silence? No, because surely Kimbley feels way more pleased by it than Archer's feeling right now.]
It... has been, yes.
[It's true enough. It isn't as though it's constantly been on his mind, but since Kimbley brought it up again, he thought it best to address it.]
I wanted to offer you that much, at the very least. I should have handled that better.
[It isn't anything he's beating himself up over, of course, but it was a failure on his part and one he isn't particularly interested in repeating.]
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It... has been, yes.
[It's true enough. It isn't as though it's constantly been on his mind, but since Kimbley brought it up again, he thought it best to address it.]
I wanted to offer you that much, at the very least. I should have handled that better.
[It isn't anything he's beating himself up over, of course, but it was a failure on his part and one he isn't particularly interested in repeating.]