Lucky to have her. Tess smiles a little ruefully –– she and Arthur have had a good relationship. Even in the ugly moments, it worked for her. The idea of pairing with someone else after that feels a little nightmarish, even if their partnership won't end with it.

"I hope you know you've set the bar extremely fucking high," she replies, a little bit like she's joking, but she's serious, too. "You're probably the best man I've ever known in my life."

And maybe that isn't by most people's standards, given what he's done in his life, but it is to hers, and that means something.