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[empathicfault]

"Will Graham here. Leave a message."

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[empathicfault]

Sure. But I can also understand people not agreeing with that. Not to say I want a mutiny or to put the ship at risk, but we're all from different backgrounds, different places in our lives. It's not so hard to imagine that someone wouldn't have any trust left to give.

[ Will slides his armchair over and sits down, facing Shaw. ]

...if I hadn't been given the choice to come here, I might've done something similar.

[cactusy]

We're not talking about that, though. We're talking about a warden.

[empathicfault]

Really? How interesting.

I assume he got demoted for that one. Especially since people died.

[cactusy]

Yup. It was a few years ago now, though. I'm not sure too many people even know about it now.

[empathicfault]

He was doing it out of principle. So that's...Steve, or Raylan, or maybe someone I haven't spent much time talking to...

[ He's muttering, half-lost in thought. ]

[cactusy]

[Shaw goes quiet for a moment, rubbing her fingers over the velvet of Jet's ear.]

Does it matter?

[empathicfault]

Oh- [ Whoops. ]

Sorry, not really. Habit, I guess. And I'd like to ask him what he's seen that I haven't. Even if his opinion changed, which I'm guessing it must've if he's still here. I like having full knowledge of what I'm working with, and that's been in pretty short supply, here.

I want to ask about the time the ship was broken up, too. But talking to Raylan about it...I got the idea it was extremely traumatizing for everyone involved.

[cactusy]

I could ask him if he'd be cool with you asking about it. Not Raylan, uh-- the other guy.

[empathicfault]

...ah.

[ He looks slightly sheepish, looking to the side and running a hand back through his hair. A profiler's always gonna profile, apparently. He's better about that than Malcolm in some respects, and worse in others. ]

Yeah, would you? If he's uncomfortable about it, I'll drop it entirely.

[cactusy]

Sure.

[She goes quiet again, and her eyes flick upwards.]

It's not exactly a state secret, who did it and what he did. I just get the impression that he's sensitive about it, and I'm not looking to be insensitive.

[A pause.]

There's only a handful of people I feel comfortable around here. He's one of them, kind of.

[empathicfault]

I could ask him directly, if you'd rather. You don't need to chance anything going wrong.

[cactusy]

It could still go wrong on you.

[empathicfault]

Ah.... [ Will gestures with his hands to punctuate his shrug. ]

I'm friendly with him, but not his friend. I can take him being unhappy with me.

I've had pretty good luck with that here, besides. People are more willing to forgive social faux pas.

[cactusy]

[She raises an eyebrow, giving him a little grin.]

Unless it's a raid-the-speakeasy kind of social faux pas.

[empathicfault]

Or the 'asking people the same questions as Will does, but with a slightly condescending tone' faux pas.

[ He rolls his eyes, but also smiles. ]

Maybe I've just cracked the code on not immediately pissing people off?

[ He sounds very unsure....but maybe a little hopeful. ]

[cactusy]

It's more than just that with Bright, you know.

[empathicfault]

...I know. He can be pushy. And judgmental. And all the things I tend to be worse about, but he's out in the open about it.

[ He looks up from his hands, curious is Shaw has anything to add to that. ]

[cactusy]

And if you make an assumption about me and I tell you you're wrong, do you listen?

[empathicfault]

[ Will smiles wanly. ]

For you? Yeah.

Other people? I'd tell them I was. Whether I actually listened would depend on the context.

[cactusy]

Well.

[She jumps an eyebrow at him again.]

I didn't say I think he's bad. He's just more annoying.

[empathicfault]

I know his deductions suffer when his personal feelings get in the way, and they've been especially bad when it came to you.

[ He has a suspicion that wasn't entirely Malcolm's fault, but he has absolutely no way to back that up at the moment. ]

I'm a little surprised you have anything to do with him, still.

[cactusy]

[That eyebrow is just continuing to arch higher and higher.]

Are you?

[empathicfault]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Not really. I know it's not as big an offense to you as it is to apparently everyone else, but...you do seem to find him consistently annoying.

[cactusy]

I find Eiffel consistently annoying, too.

[And yet she spends a consistent amount of time hanging around in his cabin.]

[empathicfault]

True.

[ He smiles, looking comfortable. ]

I had a feeling it might be like that. It's somewhat comforting, you know? Because it's about that time when most people realize that I'm 'lying to them' and they start turning away. Well- maybe a couple of months from now. But it makes you less likely to follow the pattern.