It takes Ossie a good long moment. And a chocolate croissant, that he manages to somehow eat without dispersing flaky pastry crumbs everywhere.

"I... know you've said that you can't promise you won't need to do that again. But I will ask you to. I... need you to Pledge to me that you won't do it again. Not right this moment, I'll ask you to give me a moment to draft it properly so that you don't get a raw deal of it. But I cannot abide imagining that myself or Giles or Erin could be used like this again. Ever."