"I'm not surprised." Hal responded.

"He's a good guy. Gets stuff done. One of the best agents I've ever had. But god DAMN if he's not a personal mess." he said.

"I love him like a brother, but he's been too stubborn to change his personal life. He tried it with that Miki girl, but it just didn't work. I think THAT really got him down." he said further.

"But perhaps Lunet can get his life back on track." he went on.

"That'd be amazing. For both of them. They really need stability in their lives."

"Yes." Hal responded.

"Again, I am SO sorry to ask you to put more on your plate." he apologised.

"I've ran through every other person I can think of in my head, and you were the only suitable one that I could think of." he told her. "And I know that you know when Ty's been drinking. More than anyone else... save myself." he commented further.

"You'll KNOW if he sneaks a drink." he reasoned.

"And no, I don't expect him to get off of alcohol absolutely completely for the rest of forever." he then stated. "However, given the circumstances here... it's a crash course to prove he can take care of Lunet, or nothing at all." he went on.

"All we can do is see where this goes..."

Hal shook his head slightly.

"If you start to feel overwhelmed, tell me." he said.

"I'll pull as many strings as I can to help lighten the load." he told her.

"YOU'RE not the one on trial here, TY is. So there's no need for you to be stretched thinner than you can manage." he reasoned.

"So yes, tell me as soon as you think things will start to go downhill." he restated.

"You shouldn't need to suffer through this."

"Yep." Hal responded.

"...good luck." he told her.

"With... well... everything." he went on.

"After all this is done, you are getting a bonus, I am SURE of that." he then told her further.

"And get back to me ASAP about the area near the entrance being the best option for the centre. I'll have that done and running faster than anything." he promised.

Ty looked over towards her and nodded.

"Right." he said.

He then watched as she walked past him, standing up as she did, and followed her into her office. Once they were inside, he shut the door behind her at her prompting, and took a seat in one of the chairs, burying his face in his hands.

"...I really just walked out of there, didn't I?" he asked.

"This isn't a dream, is it?" he asked her further.

"I'm REALLY giving up alcohol cold turkey for the foreseeable future..." he realised.

"..." Tyson was silent for a moment removing his hands and letting out a VERY heavy sigh.

"Well, guess I gotta do what I gotta do." he said.

"I already wished away all my booze and walked out of the office." he went on.

"I've committed, so... might as well move forward. Nothing more than that." he shrugged.

"Anyway." he then said.

"You said you could help."

Ty caught the vial, and looked at it, before looking at her.

"...just 3?" he asked.

"JUST 3." Angela stressed.

Ty then uncorked the vial and let one drop... two drops... three drops, fall onto his tongue. He then paused for a moment, his eyes widening slightly, shaking his head vigourously afterwards.

"WOAH!" he exclaimed.

"That is POTENT."

"I see." Ty responded.

"Well, we can only hope." he said.

"But... I need to start working on that." he muttered. "Because I get the feeling I am going to have VERY little privacy for the next bit." he said further.

"...and I need to be careful about what I do from now on." he then went on.

"A lot of things I order are alcoholic, even if it's not in the forefront."

He looked ready to snap at her... but then just sighed.

"That's probably for the best." he said.

Later that evening, Hollie and Hal were sitting in a gorgeous Thai food restaurant... of local recommendation, of course, and they were looking through the menus, when Hal looked over towards her.

"Ah, right." he said.

"Angela said she's willing to foster Lunet." he told her.

"And the first thing Ty did when he was told about how his drinking needed to stop if he was to adopt Lunet was to... well..." he went on, looking around for a moment, before leaning it.

"...he wished for all alcohol in his possession EVERYWHERE to disappear." he whispered.

Hal shook his head slightly.

"I've told her that the moment she starts to think it's overwhelming for her, tell me. I WILL step in and do what I need to help them." he said to her. "Angela's not the one on trial here, I WILL bend the rules and bend over backwards for her in this." he stressed.

"As for Ty, caught me off guard as well." he admitted.

"But I did as he asked." he said.

"I then told him that he had one last chance to back out of this, and he just had to say the word. He promptly got up and left my office." he then told her.

"Seems he's dead serious about this, Hollie."