Maybe, but that doesn't mean he won't turn right around and try to throw you or anyone else under the bus when he feels like it. Part of getting through this means actually still breathing once that thing's dead and gone.

[ he wants to avoid any of that heroic sacrifice bullshit for once, just once, and see them both -- and everyone else -- alive and well after the fight. not that he thinks they'll get through all this completely unscathed, but he knows sam, and sam's always ready to throw his life away for others. ]