Oh. Sorry. That must've been awful.

[he knows she won't want to talk about it-- but riptide figures that just having someone say "sorry you had to go through that" might help.]

I-- yeah. I know. I just... I thought he was the one that had killed Tailgate, because that's the sort of shit he'd do. I lost my temper... [understatement of the century.] But it's okay-- he's not as subtle as he thinks he is in how he deals. He still thinks I'm too stupid to notice most of it, too. Ironic, right?

...Plus I have a gun. He does not.