"I can be a friend and I can be here for you. And I''ll do my best to take my cues from you and not push. But I make no promises not to fuss and protect. And people here seem to equate a desire to protect with seeing the other as weak. That isn't what it is. Protecting is at the core of who we are, who I am. I might have less temper about it than some, but then that's all to the good for the train and those on it."