Nope, they are having this talk. Now. Because well, he needs her to get her head outta her ass and be her again. "Stronger than me? No. Stronger than you? Well, I think that's a given." Maybe if he makes her mad. It's worth a shot. He's tried, for two years, to give her her space, to let her be. But that hasn't worked.

This is his last ditch effort. This is the end.

He gets up and puts his plate in the sink. He finishes off the beer, and puts that in the recycling and starts divvying up the rest of the food.