"It's not just falling into bed with one another that made things better," he says, firmly. "Two months in, we started up the consulting business. We gave ourselves a purpose. We branched out and made new acquaintances who kept our minds busy." He continues to rub at his itchy foot, palms running over the casts continuously. "I got the cat," he says with a smirk. "We distracted ourselves with plenty, and you can too, even if you don't have someone to put your happiness in. Even if I hadn't been sleeping with Aramis by two months into our stay here, I'd have found distraction because we made it for ourselves. And you," he says. "You're lucky because it's established for you now, by us being here and doing the hard work for you."