"You must take your emotional disposition into account, and his. You're both people whose first priority is watching out for others, people who take their chosen duty very serious. Of course you worry about him more than anything, and he will worry about you, in this whole business. Altruism is fine, but it can be cruelly exploited - the worst I ever felt since I came here was when somebody I desparately loved was hurt solely on my account, as it seemed at the time - it all made sense since then, but still, as long as he was suffering and in danger, I didn't dare do a thing. If the person who did it had been actually evil, they could have got me to do whatever they wanted. Whatever. Anybody who knows you at all well will realise that they can get at you through Nick, that way. My question might sound insulting to you, but has any of your Watchers ever come here?"