[Feliks squirms a little, because he's not good at this kind of conversation at all -- but he cares more than anything about Fai, and he's growing to care a lot about Waver's friendship, too, and he doesn't want a few missteps at the start to keep them from being friends.]

I know, dude. I totally get that it's not your fault, and seriously, he's gonna hear about it from me.

Just... give him a little time to get over all this before you start judging him too hard, for me? He has reasons, they're just not you.