House set ihs hands on either side of Wilson's face, then strained up a bit tin order to kiss him. it was a gentle kiss, soft, but possessive. He leaned back, hands still on Wilson's face.

"This place...It's different. The half of the patients that aren't Parker, aren't human. At least not the kind of human we're used to. I don't know how to deal with that, most of the time. It's frustrating, and instead of throwing myself in to the puzzles, I'm walking away from them. I've let you take over running the clinic, with very little help from me, and the assistants aren't exactly holding their own anymore. I'm sorry, James. All I can do, is try to do better. Try to come in more, and take some of the burden off of you."