[Maxie laughs a bit at that, though again, it's a bit more bitter than he intended.]

Oh, believe me, Archie - if I don't get an opportunity to kill him, I'll make one.

[As a general, unspoken rule, Maxie refrains from touching Archie unless they're fighting, or the island is doing something odd to one or both of them - casual touch isn't really anything he offers. Now, however, he finds himself reaching out almost without thinking, his touch light against Archie's shoulder.]

I...

[There's not really a good way to word what he wants to say; hell, he isn't entirely sure what, exactly, he wants to say in the first place. There's not really anything to say, is there?]

...I really did enjoy battling with you, you know.

[...ugh. Well. At least it was sincere. Stupid as hell, but sincere.]