I'm not going to start building death rays and hunting him down, Luke, not unprovoked. I just--
--I don't know what his next move is. And without the kind of cooperative, teammates-with-benefits arrangement we had, I don't have a way to find out. I've got to be ready.
[And that's what Ford has to say about that. The details of it, of how he felt -- he doesn't have it in him to go into detail about what it did mean to him. He can't.]
I've already told Laura. Told a guy in the bar all about it, too, but that's what I get for trying to drown my sorrows in public.
I just want to be sure you've got people. Support. You know.
[He knows it's complicated. He wonders if even Ford realizes how much. But he can't say that now; can't say that Bill is actually hurt, can't say that he thinks Bill's reluctance to continue 'using' Ford is the very thing that has marked that he wasn't simply using him. That will work itself out, or won't.]
[And he trusts Luke's feelings. He does! Hearing this makes Ford feel a little less paranoid distressed. But Ford has spent so long fighting Bill that he doesn't believe in not be prepared for contingencies.]
[A nod. If Ford feels he needs Luke, he'll reach out. Bill might be getting Luke in the divorce, but it doesn't mean Ford can't stay friends with him.]
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--I don't know what his next move is. And without the kind of cooperative, teammates-with-benefits arrangement we had, I don't have a way to find out. I've got to be ready.
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[Because Luke doesn't know if Ford's like, putting it off to hide his hurt, or what.]
Do you... have someone you can talk to?
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[And that's what Ford has to say about that. The details of it, of how he felt -- he doesn't have it in him to go into detail about what it did mean to him. He can't.]
I've already told Laura. Told a guy in the bar all about it, too, but that's what I get for trying to drown my sorrows in public.
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I just want to be sure you've got people. Support. You know.
[He knows it's complicated. He wonders if even Ford realizes how much. But he can't say that now; can't say that Bill is actually hurt, can't say that he thinks Bill's reluctance to continue 'using' Ford is the very thing that has marked that he wasn't simply using him. That will work itself out, or won't.]
And if there's anything I can do...
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I have a feeling this isn't going to go the way you might think.
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[And he trusts Luke's feelings. He does! Hearing this makes Ford feel a little less
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I will be watching closely. Trust me.
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[Ford will leave this to him.]
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I hope you'll let me know. If I can do anything.
[He'll lose a friend, if he has to, for the sake of what he's supposed to be doing here. But he hopes it doesn't require that.]
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