"Alec has actually bothered to listen when I talk. He bothers to ask what I want or need. Maybe it is all an act to get in my head but it is a hell of a lot more than most people on this boat. We don't have a professional and besides, I thought you didn't like shrinks."
"Go home and never see you again. Is that what you want?" Did Len really just say that? Len asking him to leave. After asking him to give him up.
"I didn't call you because I didn't have the communicator, you idiot. How often are you in prisons that let you have a phone? Alec actually noticed I was gone instead of frolicking around in the snow."
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"If you need to talk to someone, it can be someone besides McDowell. An actual professional, for one."
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"Then maybe you should go home, where there are professionals. And what's this crap about him saving you? Why didn't you call me?"
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"I didn't call you because I didn't have the communicator, you idiot. How often are you in prisons that let you have a phone? Alec actually noticed I was gone instead of frolicking around in the snow."
He moves to get up from the seat he had been in.
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"I didn't know you needed a babysitter. And if you had left, like I said, you wouldn't be getting kidnapped."
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"Fine, I'll pack my bags." His voice is even, quiet. And then he moves towards the door.
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After a minute or two, he gets up to go get a beer.
This is how it's supposed to be. If it gets Mick to go home, instead of hanging around the Barge...
He didn't want this to be the way they said goodbye.