“I know you’re going to say you’re not like that. And I know you're not.  Fortrakt respects you a lot, and you got Tara and Chris talking my ear off because I’ve been treating you coldly. I’ve even gotten to see you in action. I also know you tried to patch up with me after you swooped in and rescued the day and I know that it must have taken something out of you to do so. I’m slow, but not ungrateful. And as stupid as I think it is now, at that time, I really thought it was the best thing to do, that you’d feel much better if I didn’t bother you more than strictly necessary.