I managed to organize a physical meetup with them so I can be looking them in the eyes when we converse.

Honestly, there are some communications that are best done face to face where you see the whole expression about the person, especially the eyes which contains a lot of information. You did well to meet them physically.

Wow! You ran out of HP, how did you manage to keep up on Hive?

People need to be open in order to learn, learn new things and learn from their mistakes which improves growth that can't be hidden.

You did your best and the pattern in which your apology follows is right, especially making sure not to repeat that which you're sorry about.

Being a #dreemerforlife