[ ... Something tells him that this isn't going as well as he planned, but maybe it's just because he doesn't always end up saying the right things, apparently. ]

Yeah, I do, and in a place like this I know it can be kinda...difficult.

[ And he doesn't really need to bring up the fact that this week's motive didn't help with that. ]

You don't really need to apologize. I just figured keeping that stuff in mind might help you out a bit. Or, you could always say something like 'Yuri-san, stop being a presumptuous pain in the ass about this'. That works too.