"Ah. A bit," he admits sheepishly. "I am aware that I... tend to ramble. Get lost in my own thoughts and whatnot. I didn't want to bore you, as I have others."

Carlisle, as usual, is no stranger to his own faults; he has been made painfully aware of them throughout his life, and while he hasn't always managed to rein his behaviors in, he has tried to subdue them as much as possible. Dealing with a twice-cursed should be punishment enough.