The parentheses are used to show the replies he got from his friend. I like Kate and I still miss her, all these years later. I like Ziva too, but their respective relationships with Tony are so different…. I just want to explore Tony/Kate a little bit. Tate if you turn your head a certain way, squint really hard, and stand on one foot. (Kidding, there is some fairly decent ‘discussed’ Tate.