It was. Is easy to miss.

[He sure hasn't had anything like that in a loooong time]

So this all is new but also familiar. We should do it as often as possible, because...in the end we is partners. Temporary it is, but we are looking out for each other.

[Maybe it's a bit presumptuous to call everyone 'partners', but, well, it's what everyone here is, in his opinion]