My theory is he doesn't want to give positive attention to a T as a personal figure in LT's past. Maybe mixed in is whatever feelings he has about how MC conducted the therapy, and how he is determined not to replicate that. His message is consistent : No stone to stay connected to me and no VM to embody or commemorate a connection to MC. It could be it challenged the boundaries between him and MC as two professional to listen to a message not meant for his ears?