Well....let me pull back a bit & say that at that point when he's sittin there alone I don't get a sense of 'longing' or 'regret' from Michael.
I think what he is is just plain numb. If anything, he may have been thinking..."What the hell happened...??"
The longing and regret is more visible in the much older Michael in GFIII.
Apple
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
- THOMAS JEFFERSON
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