I don't feel that smart.

[He looks down, the fingers of his good hand twisting in the edge of his shirt.]

I should've... been more careful. I was getting reckless with my magic... I was fighting with my friends over it, I was so... so proud, I couldn't believe what they were saying...

[Too reckless. Too strong, too fast. In retrospect, he can see it as clearly as all of them must have.]

I screwed up. I screwed up and everything went wrong...