That seems like it could be a really involved metaphor, but Danny's not going to try wrapping his head around it just now, as regards Steve, because he's frankly never been all that excited about Steve's drill weekends or the possibility that he'll get called back into full time service, and that's what Reserves means, isn't it? That they call, and Steve goes?

Why would he want to think about that, right now? Isn't all this complicated enough?

But he can't miss the pointed tone, or the lack of specificity in Steve's other comment. He bets she never got to see much of it before, aside from the view from Steve's bedroom window, but that's actually cruel and unjust and not fair to Catherine, who has always been nice enough to him. He can't pretend to completely understand whatever it was the two of them had, but Steve said it was done, so that's good enough. Right?

Which still doesn't explain the way Steve is still eying the water speculatively, conversation still just skimming the surface of whatever's going through his messed-up head, that he won't tell Danny.

Which only makes Danny want to know more.

"Is that what she says?" He shifts in his chair, shrugs, turns to look at the water with an air of I guess this isn't so bad, if you like that kind of thing, waves one hand towards the long open stretch of rippling waves.

"Is that why you're stuck on watching the waves with that look on your face, or was it something else she said?"