[ Mondo can't hear her internal conflicts, he can't tell what she's thinking either. But it's clear that she's in her self-depreciating mode again, and it's pretty much his fault for cornering the Monika chick. Feeling that he won't get through her otherwise, he grabs her wrists, hoping that he'll get her attention that way. ]

Tsumiki, listen, 's not your fault. 's not your fault, yer fine. [ He tries to say this as calm as possible. ] I won't say sorry about what I said about... that chick. [ For a sec he almost uses the word 'friend' but, hah. Some friend. ] No matter what good shit she's said to you, she still hurt you. When someone steps on yer feet in a packed train, even if they don't mean it, it still hurts, ain't it? No one can tell you that y'can't feel hurt just 'cuz it's not on purpose.

[ And shit, there's already a whole list of receipt about the chick there, what else's there to defend about her, even if she wasn't the one pranking Tsumiki? She still treated her bad, especially when Tsumiki's thinking of her as a friend! ]