"I meant what I said when we were living at Gus" that I didn't think you could be the person you used to be, that you weren't capable of being as cold as you used to be. I know what you thought. That I was some patronizing old man who was treating you like a helpless baby. Maybe I was. Merlin knows I'm not perfect. Maybe you thought I was suffocating you or not treating you like an equal, but that's not how I saw it at all. Sometimes treating someone like an equal, especially when that person is your partner, is telling them that they're not ready or capable. Would you have preferred that I lie to you and tell you that you were perfect and there was nothing wrong with you?"