"well, I was just thinking about my future. I could repeat everything over and over, or I can learn from mistakes and improve later. what happened earlier was an accident; a mistake I don't intend on making again."<br/>Covinous realized that either Andrei miss-understood his situation, or was trying to be malicious.<br/><br/>generally, Covinous did have a genuine desire to be helpful; the event caused him to try just a little harder.<br/>because he did not want to become bitter over simple things,and because he had that bit of goodness left, he forced himself to calm down rather then lash out at Andrei.