Duke shook his head, leaning forward to rest his face in his hands. He rubbed at his eyes, his fingers coming away damp.

"That's not." He huffed in a long breath. "I'm not going to say that you're not right, because you probably are. But Tavi. I'm trying to talk to you and you're telling me to talk to someone else. Do you see where that kind of thing makes it hard for me to know where we stand?"