You have to let me help you buddy"

man. I've gotta do this alone this is MY collar"
"Come on puppet, we've been partners for 15 years, I know your wife
and kids man! The feds are just waiting for us to split- we're SO close
on this one we have to do it together"
Etc.
The stakes are always high, but in this instance they are
particularly HiGH.