"The hell you can't," He growls. "Didn't I just tell you I have experience? Come on, there's a forest outside, we can sit at the edge, you can work this out, I'll make sure you don't go nuts or something."

But if they do this right that won't be necessary. Then again, that's if this guy's even going to do that at all.

He folds his arms. "The degree of separation you do or don't have doesn't matter. You're close enough that it might as well be you. Do you want to solve your problems or not?"