Yes...that's exactly right. Because of that, I'm afraid I've been unfair to you. I've been trying to keep these things to myself, a cross that only I can bear, but I never should have approached it that way. We're partners, but from the moment we were given our rulebooks...maybe it was an unconscious decision, but I kept you at arm's length even as I proclaimed to defer to your care and guidance.

[His knuckles start to turn white--whiter against his pale skin.]

Despite my apprehensions, I do trust you. I want to do a better job of expressing it from now on, if you'll have me.