[And he's still feeling the effects of that encounter all too clearly, like Windom's still there, breathing down his neck. There's fear and apprehension and a lot of grief.]
[Windom had been his partner, mentor and friend. He'd changed so suddenly. In many ways Cooper had hardly been able to recognise him.]
He threatened people I care about. I ... can't be sure what is going on in his mind. But he's hurting me by hurting others.
If he can, by making me do it.
[And that's ... well. It's certainly not "it", because there's a lot more that weighs Coop down, even on the best of days - but that's what's on the forefront of his mind, the worry and fear, the very reminder of what he'd left in Twin Peaks, of his past altogether. And it's painful. So very.]
[Video, private]
[And he's still feeling the effects of that encounter all too clearly, like Windom's still there, breathing down his neck. There's fear and apprehension and a lot of grief.]
[Windom had been his partner, mentor and friend. He'd changed so suddenly. In many ways Cooper had hardly been able to recognise him.]
He threatened people I care about. I ... can't be sure what is going on in his mind. But he's hurting me by hurting others.
If he can, by making me do it.
[And that's ... well. It's certainly not "it", because there's a lot more that weighs Coop down, even on the best of days - but that's what's on the forefront of his mind, the worry and fear, the very reminder of what he'd left in Twin Peaks, of his past altogether. And it's painful. So very.]