Projecting onto someone changes how you see them and how you treat them, so yes.

[continuing to rub his temple, finally:] Yes, okay, we're friends. I like him-- but I haven't done all this and denied shit and whatever else because I'm working towards some goal. You know the last couple months I haven't had a fucking idea what I'm doing and I barely even knew I was doing anything wrong until it blew up in my face.

[but now he has an opportunity to fix it, right?]

I'm sorry, for dancing around it and acting like a thoughtless fool. I stopped thinking about how my actions were affecting other people because it made it easier for me and that was wrong. I mean-- look where it's got me!

[not that what he just said is lacking in feeling, but archie looks up at poe properly, and says again with more feeling:] I'm sorry.