When Ziva asks him if he believes in the unexplained, his first reflex is to say that he'll leave the UFOs and Bermuda Triangle disappearances to fanatics like Abby, who, even though he loves her, has a few screws loose. But then he starts thinking. He starts thinking about how nobody can explain just how Gibbs manages to be so badass and always be right, and how he can be so emotionally stable at the same time. And they would be hard pressed to explain why they were so fascinated with Gibbs' possible affair with this psychologist.

He uses McGee as an example because Tim is always citing the lack of facts in Gibbs gut instinct, and Tony knows him so well, it's the first person he thinks of. That of course sets his train of thought off in a different direction, and while he's talking to Ziva, he thinks that maybe, there might be some subtext to what he's saying, and that the Tom E. Gemcity side of Tim would be proud of him for even thinking the word subtext.

Because the reason he can be so open with Ziva, and the reason they analyze and pick apart Gibbs behavior, even though it doesn't really concern them, is because each of the agents feels closer to the other members of their team than they do to their biological families. And that, in and of itself, makes no sense, and he can't even begin to explain why. Not that he has to; some things, after all, are fine without an expalation.

A/N-I'm not dead! I just haven't been motivated to write NCIS fanfiction in a while now, but then a saw "The Tell" and that moment between Tony and Ziva was just begging to be picked apart.