He crashes to his knees - he's sluggish because of all the beating about the head, and now he's paying for it. This is absurd. They shouldn't be fighting like this - why did he allow this to happen? What is wrong with him?

He takes a moment to gather himself, his hands braced on the floor, before he looks up at her, raising his hands to her. "Has anyone ever told you," he says between shallow breaths, "that you are an abysmal host?"