"I never went anywhere overseas I wasn't shipped to with a gun in my hands." Make of that what Arthur would but at least it explained a bit why he was so happy to see a knife back in his possession.

Dex looked very unhappy at the thought of having to open up to people. Not only because he was always reluctant to open up to people about anything personal but also because he knew that the way certain one-on-one situations were presented made for a very effective method of getting him to open up. It was like a Pavlovian response that had been ingrained into him after ten years of intense therapy in his youth. "Sounds like some weird group therapy session. What's she getting out of it?"