Re: Neal and Derek
"It doesn't mean I have to tell you exactly how I'm feeling either," Neal retorted. "But seeing as I know you're not going to go away, right now I don't feel that great, okay? Just have Kensi run over your evacuation plan with me so I know what to do but otherwise... I'll be fine. I'll try not to get anybody else killed today."
And that was the crux of it really. He was fine and Peter wasn't and it didn't seem fair when Peter lived for law and order and loved working as a fed and had been killed. Whereas he, an ex-con who always walked on the grayer side of the line had been spared for some unfathomable reason.
"Is she okay?" he asked. "I don't want to talk to anybody but I want to know April's all right.