And it could also be a rewrite of what could be the future end of Stolas if he doesn't recognize the mistakes he made and doesn't take his share of the responsibility, When he recognizes it, it will be too late to fix things and he alone made the final decision.

One of the interpretations I had is that Stolas was deceiving himself, acting in a cocky and arrogant way to try to convince himself that Blitz was the one who needed him and would be losing if he left, when in fact it was Stolas who was devastated, He was in denial, deceiving himself to the limit