The extra distance isn't really what he's going for, not on a conscious level, even though it's just as much a part of it as anything else. He needed someone he could trust...he didn't trust anyone better than Mick. It just made sense.

None of the nerves he feels as he waits for Mick to mull it over and give him his answer show on his face. But he can't quite stop the way he grins like a kid at Christmas at the agreement. "Perfect."