"We understand each other." They're both quiet and reserved and they both have a great love for the man sitting right in front of him. "It looks very nice," he says softly, because it does. He'd spent weeks on this and the final result is beautiful, with the words 'sometimes what you want is right in front of you' woven in amidst patterns and colours.

He rubs his thumb tenderly over the pattern before he has to give it up, knowing it will be hard.

"You going to replace me?" he wonders, as if he doesn't already know how this will go. After all, the manila envelope in his hand proves that.