"Things change, Murdock." He replies somewhat bitterly. "Maybe knowing that I lost something I could have had years ago finally made it sink in."

He really doesn't know why it's easier now, just that the times when he doesn't have to try to make it happen are fewer and further between.... It just happens sometimes.

"Look, I'm not good at this whole.... Relationship thing. And it still freaks me out, just less than it did before."