He's more patient with her about this than he was with Barry. He wants her to understand where he's come from so maybe she'll understand why he had to do what he tried to do.

She probably won't understand why. But he wants her to. He's pretty sure he can't handle being abandoned by even more people, okay.

"Yes. The Iris in the future." A brief pause. "I guess the past now. In the aborted timeline. She didn't die this time around, but I'm still here."