[The immediate condemnation... doesn't come, even though that's what he was braced for, head lowered and shoulders hunched.

Instead, it's Pittman's usual calm tone, and that's something strangely reassuring. He didn't expect it to do so much to stabilize his own breathing and heart rate, but somehow? It does.

Still...

He keeps his head lowered.]

... Even if there is, what I did is still inexcusable. I know that.

[The truth, though... the truth. He promised Pittman the whole truth.]

But I...

... You remember when I told you about my partner?