Raylan's thumb starts brushing back and forth on Neal's thigh as he listens. Fighting with Malcolm was never fun - it was gut wrenching and tittered on the edge of too many possibilities sometimes. It was also always emotionally charged, by way of Malcolm poking into those wounds for 'data', as Neal put it.

"I wish he had told me his decision before he made it but.. Not everythin' is my business. And I come from a place where there's no option but to live with folks I disagreed with-" On so so many things. "So you gotta love 'em despite the disagreement. Despite the hurt of it. I don't feel like he means to do it. To hurt us. And that's better than maliciously doing it.. There's a difference between forgivin' something and givin' that something a pass for the sake of keepin' someone.

But my line between inmate and warden is real thin, darlin'. When I was an inmate on the Clipper, it was hell. So I made sure it was hell for everyone. I made sure it was hell for Malcolm, specifically. Took him hostage and all. Every day is a new choice about which side I'm on. Most of the time, I choose correctly."