Tommy's eyes narrowed. "Why not? You can go to your people. Even if it has to be RIGHT NOW for some fucked up reason, youdon'thaveto go alone. You have m - you have Billy, you have the rest of us. You can't just get ABDUCTED and then write a letter!" And Tommy didn't want him to leave Tommy either but ... he knew that wasn't what he was supposed to want. He GOT it. And just because he was being a weird shit about it didn't mean Teddy didn't want to put as much distance as possible between them now. He couldn't understand that. He didn't ... feel that way, even if he probably should. But he GOT it.

But Teddy shouldn't have to be alone, ever. And it didn't count if there weren't people who knew him and loved him as more than a ruler with him.