No... You can't. Nobody can. [small shake of the head, gaze at last dropping -- it breaks up the aggressiveness in his tension, the confrontational aspect somehow directing inward.] We've got to work together. One person can't take care of themself all alone.

[a quiet breath.]

[nowhere was safe. Guy's tone grated in a small, meaningless, frustrating fashion, taking the inward-facing determination and twisting it into a drill, burrowing right under his ribs and nesting like some diseased animal. Guy wouldn't patronize. Guy woul--]

I think we need to take care of each other. [for missions. for otherwise.] And watch. And...

[plan. be ready at a moment's notice; be of an equal level; go slow (disgustingly so), last as long as possible, and, most of all, organize.]

... Make sure to be ready for what comes.