That was a patently weird thing to say — it wasn't at all incorrect, it was just so forward that Ford at first wasn't sure he'd heard correctly. When he was satisfied that he had, he felt almost relieved that Fisk had called the situation out so plainly. Ford would never have thought to do it — too much ingrained etiquette lessons about proper avenues for small talk — but now that someone else had he recognized that this was the only possible way anything was ever going to improve.

"Starting over would be good, I think," he agreed. "If we can manage it."

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