[And Jonathan pauses. Abbacchio indeed moves too quick to hold him back with an apology, but Jonathan is the sort who isn't easily silenced by motion either. As he follows, corpse in tow, he says-]

Did I give the impression that I was being forced? [He asks softly, eyes nothing but kind if one were to look back and see.] I wanted to help- for indeed, I know for a fact that if our positions were somehow changed, you would have helped me.