[Chloe's sudden shift in tone is enough to get Max to stop yelling, but red hot anger still simmers beneath the surface. Her voice is sharp, and it's clear she hasn't quite forgiven Chloe for what she said, but she presses on.]

...How can you say that, Chloe? He literally drugged people. He took creepy ass photos of them, and he-...

[Her voice finally becomes softer, losing its harshness.]

...What he did to Rachel... You can't tell me that he did all those things without meaning to.

[God, now she feels terrible for yelling. And now she remembers that Rachel's here, the thought having been pushed out of her mind.]

He did all those things, and he wasn't even stuck in this... hell town. Arcadia Bay's not a great place, but it's nothing in comparison. What he went through is nothing compared to what you went through in the past month.

[A small pause.]

I know that... you feel like you should blame yourself for everything . Like it'd be wrong if you didn't. But you can't expect yourself to... to be so incredible that you never hurt anyone.

[...Hypocrite.]