"I wish he got it." But selfishly, part of him doesn't. Part of him likes the nights on patrol he spent with Carver, when it was just the two of them. "He's going to make things complicated if he sticks around too long."

Riley reminds him of Sandrine. She hates Pope, she barely tolerates even someone as friendly as Austin. He wonders if Carver and Riley have had the same arguments, the same bitter conclusions.