[They're especially no good for themselves.]

I did what I know how to do as an ex-cop. I know how to find bad guys. Even with a brain that's half mush thanks to various intoxicating substances, I can still do that.

Being some kind of emotional support animal--that's something I can't do. But she'll have Happy back for that. Once we find her, Happy will leave me and go back to her and she'll be fine. Probably. Maybe.

[Yeah, guess who he's trying to convince.]