"I thought you did leave while standing in front of me," Malcolm tells him. "But that's no excuse for how I reacted. I know it doesn't make any difference - I know it doesn't make you believe me - but I only got that upset because you abandoned me. I started dating Will and you saw it as a betrayal and you turned your back on me and all I wanted was for you to come back and I threw every single thing I had at the wall in the desperate hope that you would and it was stupid because hurt doesn't soothe hurt."

He takes a chance at looking over.

"Do you want me to make the request to the Admiral? You're decided?"