I left the Knights. He stayed behind. And for the next three years, we just... weren't in each other's lives.

[ Shoulders curling in, just a little. ]

We were only just starting to figure out how to exist together again. I don't... [ Trails off, wets his lips. ] I don't want to blow things up again.

[ The weakest attempt at humor: ]

I mean, who knows how long we'd go without speaking this time? S'not like being forced to band together to save the world comes along every day.