She was getting all angry and vulgar again. That was less than ideal. He wanted to keep her calm, or relatively calm, enough that she'd keep talking to him. Really talking, and not just the swearing she'd been doing before.
"Maybe that's why they didn't charge you with it," he suggested. "If you'd reported the original thieves instead of just stealing from them, maybe the authorities would have been willing to work with you. We'll never know, now, because that's not what you did. The fact that you tried to be helpful might even be why you're alive now. I don't know all the details, because my job is making you do your job. That's it."
… he was trying to take her apparent shock in stride. "You made a mess," he said simply, as if that was all the explanation she should need. "Don't worry about it. I'm just… thinking."
Trying to hold a conversation while also trying to satisfy himself, the vague notion in his head that if he could just finish without her noticing then everything would be fine. As if this weren't already an absolute clusterfuck that he was only barely managing to make useful through some kind of poorly timed breakthrough.
"You know we have access to government property," he pointed out. "What was so important that you needed to risk the lives of everyone around you?"
There. Yes. Good question. Productive.
"Maybe that's why they didn't charge you with it," he suggested. "If you'd reported the original thieves instead of just stealing from them, maybe the authorities would have been willing to work with you. We'll never know, now, because that's not what you did. The fact that you tried to be helpful might even be why you're alive now. I don't know all the details, because my job is making you do your job. That's it."
… he was trying to take her apparent shock in stride. "You made a mess," he said simply, as if that was all the explanation she should need. "Don't worry about it. I'm just… thinking."
Trying to hold a conversation while also trying to satisfy himself, the vague notion in his head that if he could just finish without her noticing then everything would be fine. As if this weren't already an absolute clusterfuck that he was only barely managing to make useful through some kind of poorly timed breakthrough.
"You know we have access to government property," he pointed out. "What was so important that you needed to risk the lives of everyone around you?"
There. Yes. Good question. Productive.
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