The last time she said that to him, he hadn't known what to say. He has a bit more of an idea this time around, mainly because he's spent the last three months thinking the same thing.

'Thought you'd buggered off an' left us.'

He has to use us. A me would be far too close to the bone.

'An' it hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs, neither. So don' do it again.'

Got that, Alex?