"It's not a bad thing," Clarkie said and glanced over at him. "It's just...," he paused and let himself smile. "It's just different," he admitted with a nod. He hadn't known anyone to think of him as kind but he liked that Arthur felt that way. The fact was, he liked having Arthur in his life and the chance of being honest with him as Arthur had been honest.

He had never come out and told Arthur exactly who he was and what he had done before becoming a forger, though he knew Arthur had done his fair share of research on him. After tonight, whether it was Arthur's blood coursing through him or everything they've been through, talked about, he wanted to tell him. Share with him.

He nodded. "It is different," he agreed with a little smile. "I like that we... have this," he admitted. Arthur was the one person in the business that he felt he could truly trust.