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[glares] Don't dodge the question, Tyler. You've got your bloody technology and future and 'Hyde' here and now, with this bullshit reality. So which is your choice: Manchester or ... this?

Minato's reality, for all it's technology, isn't where I'm from. It's three years, half the world, and a whole universe apart.

And you're still dodging the bloody question.

You're not asking the bloody question! You're running around it!

Yeah? You know it so well, then what the hell am I asking, you prick?

I'm not going to ask your questions for you, Guv.

Do you intend on staying in Manchester?

Yes. [not entirely honest, but not entirely lying]

And for how long?

Until I die. I have a city to serve.

[gives Sam a very penetrating gaze, knowing something's off by the answer, then snorts and pulls out a flask] 'course you are, Tyler. Knew that bastard was wrong.

[takes the bait hook, line, and sinker] Who?

[sneers] The bloke who had me kill you.

[right, well, Sam just spat out the bait] Oh. Right. [shoves his hands into his pockets]

Figured you wouldn't wanna hear it. Can't blame you, really. Takes a bigger man to face his fears, don't it, Tyler?

[shoots him a glare] I don't see how you'd know that, Guv.

[glares right back] Don't you dare try changing the subject on me, Tyler. I'm a bigger man than you'll ever be.

[this laugh isn't a nice one] You're just as much of a coward as I am, Hunt. You just show it differently.

I am not a coward! I've never run from a damn thing in my life, you piece of shit!

[folds his arms and looks at him, level and cold] You drink to run from your pain. You fight and pushed others around because you're afraid of being weak. You shout and hit and manipulate because you're afraid of losing control. You push people away when you're afraid they'll get close, when you're afraid they'll see your weaknesses. When you're afraid they'll hurt you after you let them in. And when you do let them in, you do everything you have to so you can keep 'em in your reign, because you're afraid of being abandoned. You've created a great, big, 'persona' for yourself, Gene. DCI Hunt. The Gene Genie. The Guv, the sheriff. But how much of that is real, huh? How much of it is a front, and how much of that front is there for you to hide behind?

[sneers] I am not afraid, not like you, you snivelling prick. You say I run away? What do you think you've been doing since you came to CID, you piece of shit? You're nothing but lying scum, from the moment you got here, with your 'Hyde' and your 'technology' and your insistence on being part of the team. You never intended on staying and you just used us, all of us, didn't you? Don't you dare point your finger at me and tell me I'm scared when I've done everything to keep you and everyone else in the God-forsaken place safe from those loony bastards!

'Insisted on being part of the team'? Well isn't that a delightful little bit of revisionism? I was only part of the team when what I was saying went along with what you wanted. I was only your second in command when I was willing to heel and obey. I have had to fight for everything I have here, every ounce of respect, every shred of affection, because I have always been and always will be the outsider in your precious little 'team' of lapdogs! You use me, Hunt! You use me and throw me away when you don't want me anymore!

I'm not throwing you away, Tyler! You're the only bloody copper I've worked with who I actually give a damn about!

You don't give a - you d - y -

You what?

I'm not repeating myself.