I can’t deny that it might have been wiser if we hadn’t...

[Because losing him? That had hurt... A lot. He hadn’t even really been able to properly mourn the loss at the time, what with trying to save George, and Murdoch being framed.]

And I certainly didn’t make a habit of it before that, but I would argue that being friends on some level did benefit the partnership. It made for I would say uh— more smooth teamwork.

[Oh, they’d grown up together? That gets a raised brow, and a rather blunt sounding response.]

So you were friends as well, then.