Actually I don't think that was much of a backslide. Previously he had been going around trying to get a rise out of you. Now he sounds much more humbled.
Is there any reason why you haven't talked to him face to face? Aside from his childish behavior I mean.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.