It was impossible to miss all the hope and slight terror in Malcolm's eyes as he looked up in response to that and it all made Raylan smile a warm crooked smile at him. They could pretend. For a little while.

"Anyone I would be wantin' to be with would be part'a her life. She's part of my life.. Or will be. I hope." His head tilted a little. Something about the way Malcolm asked about space sent up a flag in the back of his head.

"If you mean emotional space, plenty of it. Physical space is.. less plentiful but.. That's only while I'm in Kentucky. But dealin' with it all would be.. a lot. Winona is a lot and she won't take to this kinda.. self-discovery well." He could understand if dealing with what made up his life was too much. Honestly, he expected it to be too much for Malcolm. Yeah, Malcolm did a similar job but he worried and Raylan could imagine what that worry might turn into at home.