[Maybe it's the way that it's so obvious Asch is trying -trying real hard- to find the correct words that softens that "just as screwed up as the rest of us" blow. Or maybe Guy's distance far enough from it. Maybe- ahhhh, doesn't matter.

He bows his head and chuckles, pinching at the bridge of his nose.] You think an awful lot of me, if you think that's why. Helping people. [He's a lot more selfish than that.] Maybe that's your weakness, you always let me get away with so much. [It's supposed to be a joke but then something rings a little too true, and Guy makes a note to examine it later.]

...I don't know if I should talk to you about this. It's about the manor. [Back when killing Asch -Luke, then- was all Guy could think about. This might hurt him even more.]