[ That's the problem with being an empath. You're always picking up other peoples feelings that your own are easily missed. ]

I've been indulging myself in the art of avoidance. Ever since we all got cast in an episode of Happy Valley I've just not been feeling the same here as I once did.

[ The mirrors were eye-opening and he's still mentally getting over the burns left from the fire. ]

I sound ungrateful, that wasn't my design. Look, the Guard does some good work, great work even but helping people avoid monsters and being the local services really just isn't enough. You're all we've got in comparison to law and order or armed forces but some things just get passed over like there's nothing that can be done about it.

[ He pauses. Now is not the time to get into his and Maketh's insidious relationship but what he says about Jill almost had him chocked up. So, he avoids the question and focuses on their friend. ]

She was more than a friend... She kept me afloat... We were partners... Is it wrong to hope that she'll return? Selfish I know but... I never got to say goodbye to her.