Westcott, Patterson and others in “Part II”

He means how you got Hall and brought him back to us.

[shocked] What? That wasn't me Captain. That was you.

[to himself] I didn't run away.

Gibbs

You didn't run. Forgive yourself for the rest.

I just wish it would've mattered.

[to Gibbs] "The General" never ran from anything. [to Westcott] It mattered. To us.