"Run the bag of bricks by me again?
He's never been this nervous with just his own life on the line. Hell, that's never really worried him at all. But this?
High tech ain't his thing, and he's stuck- he could run, sure, but he couldn't do that to the kid, or to himself. The Marines had that right at least. No, he is well and truly stuck here relying on the green, terrified egghead because Eliot doesn't have the skills to deal with the threat himself. It's been a long time since he's been in that predicament and longer since there's been anyone he'd close enough to get him there. Flyin' solo, there wasn't much he couldn't deal with, less he couldn't get away from instead, and no one left to mourn or worse. If he wasn't good enough, the only one suffering the consequences of that lack was him.
This was exactly why he worked alone.
From the 12-Step Job