I do. ...With a lot of time. [Read: He's evil, Riza. But possibly guidable.]

A lot of time and patience. I have to try. I can see where this could go and why things went so far was an outside force.

[He trails off and shakes his head. He turns a soft smile on her that's tired but very real. Riza has been his friend for a while. One he trusts and would do almost anything for.] ...But, thank you. Right now it's all a mess. I don't know what sort of help will be needed.

It's like...I remember being dead and living...that's, [His brows furrow and he brings up a hand to rub his temples.] making it hard to think the way I need to be thinking.

I can't afford to be down when we have a job to do here.