[He's not trying to one up Klavier (for once), but obviously the plan couldn't work out and he had to say so. So the reaction here is-- well, he can understand it, but it's like some depressing cousin of 'annoying,' where Apollo is sort of irritated but also feeling guilty and kind of attacked.]

I'm not just trying to shoot down your ideas for the fun of it! [So stop making it sound like that's the point, you jerk.

But he sighs, looking around, up-- ah.]

Wait, if we keep in the area under the city, we'll probably find... manholes or something? We might be able to get out through one of those if we find one.