Dick nodded, brow furrowing slightly in concern. It wasn't so much the answer that bothered him as the obvious anxiety, mostly because he was confused about where it was coming from. To him, "where've you been" didn't seem like a hard question to answer, and while he was pretty much totally certain that Costigan wasn't afraid of him, he wasn't sure why talking about something like this illicited that kind of response.

"Okay, that's good." He hesitated, not exactly sure on how to proceed. Martha was right, this whole thing was probably better suited to someone who was actually a licensed therapist not a vigilante/former cop. "How's it been working for you?"