Dexter2006

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Harry Morgan:
It never ends, does it? The maintenance.

Dexter Morgan:
I don't mind it.

Harry Morgan:
It's the one thing that never changes. The waves keep rolling in, wearing everything down in their path a little more every day.

Dexter Morgan:
Harrison's coming home soon. I want to have the boat ready.

Harry Morgan:
So life's back to normal?

Dexter Morgan:
A new normal. Deb's not poring over the past anymore. We're on course, moving forward. Life can be less complicated now.

Harry Morgan:
You don't believe that.

Dexter Morgan:
Why not? She didn't abandon me.

Harry Morgan:
She didn't accept you either. She doesn't know what to think.

Dexter Morgan:
She's adjusting.

Harry Morgan:
I did everything in my power to protect her from you - what you really are.

Dexter Morgan:
A monster?

Harry Morgan:
Your words.

Dexter Morgan:
Your thoughts. You didn't think she could handle it because you couldn't, but Deb is stronger than you are.

Harry Morgan:
For now. But the long-term exposure - it's going to eat away at her, like salt water on steel.