Perhaps for the average person. I don't think either of us would get much satisfaction out of such a conversation. Do you?

[ It's a strange, rocky road they've been on. From the beginning of 'the job' to the initial revelations, the time on Podunk, their first sparring match. Everything that's unraveled since then. Now it's something else entirely, something he can't explain save in that one word.

Partners. That's all that needs to be said, really. ]