"No. No it wouldn't be. It would be a whole lot fucking worse, without you here." There was no way he could have put the amount of absolute that he needed in that sentence if he'd used his head. And Jack felt that it was something he needed to say out loud. Something he needed to feel. But he had said it in his head too.
"What don't you want to do anymore?" He leaned forward just a little so he could see at least a sliver of Dan's face.