Fin nodded a little, then sighed. "Look, I'm sorry I had such a huff before. It's not you, it's just... I can be a bit defensive when I feel like perhaps I'm disposable or interchangeable. My self worth has ever fully recovered from..."

He trailed off, then shrugged.

"I'll be very glad when this year ends. I want to distance myself as far from it as I'm able."