[Dick winces at those words, because while knows he would likely do the same he also knows it's not something he's likely to do.]

Not sure I can agree with that. I'd rather it be neither of us, but I'm not willing to leave you out here to deal with that on your own.

[He doesn't ask why they want the other man, or even consider that he'd done something to encourage the attack. All he knew was the odds hadn't been even close to right.]

Where are we going?