There are a lot of things in life that ought to remain unspoken, especially in their lives. The project... maybe he shouldn't have said so much. Maybe he's made a grave mistake. But she's Agent South Dakota, she can take it, and he's going to be sure of that. Breaking his heart is what she does best, though, and even now he's not sure he can take it. Every once in a while, South really loses it, and those times--when it's justified, when he knows it's real pain and not something of her own creation, her jealousy, her rage--are the hardest moments of his life. There's an empathy between them, some kind of connection that started in the womb and can never be severed.

One hand rests at the back of her head, and he holds her close as she lets loose all the anger, sorrow, frustration that she's probably been holding in for months.

"I'm sorry."