She cares about you, Rick. And unless you’re a lot dumber than you look, I know you care about her.

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I could’ve kicked Castle to the curb years ago; anytime I wanted to. Only reason I kept him around this long was because I saw how good he was for you. Kate, you’re the best I’ve ever trained, maybe the best I’ve ever seen, but you weren’t having any fun before he came along. We speak for the dead; that’s the job. We are all they’ve got once the wicked rob them of their voices. We owe them that. But we don’t owe them our lives.