[ If Tenka doesn't look like he buys it..... it's because he doesn't. ]

.... If you think that's all it is, then I hope that's the case.

[ and he sighs and runs a hand through his hair roughly once, aggravated ]

I'm here, okay? I don't....

[ "I don't want to go back to the way things used to be."

He grumbles some more. ]

..... We're partners, okay? That should still mean something.