There's an earnestness to Anders' apology, and writ large across his face, that Gaeta never expected to hear or see.

(Not just from him, but...from anyone, really, as of late.)

It softens another inch of the anger. Gaeta isn't at all aware, though, of how much wariness has risen up to replace it, like a kid waiting for the schoolyard bully to punch him again. "You still offering that water?" he ventures at last.