Well, Royce has had time to move on from it, and seeing John torture himself with guilt over it was a help.

[Even though, as far as Alfie is concerned, he feels guilty about the wrong aspect of that whole ordeal. He's pretty sure that John has never actually apologized for tying Royce up - only for not watching Ecks closely enough afterwards.]

But a lot has happened, yeah. Life goes on and all.