[Murmured at her guidance, and he side steps easily around the table, moving along as he's guided until he takes a seat. His posture is on the tenser side of things. This explanation doesn't always go so well.
But he does want to explain, somehow, given that she's realized who he is when he was out running through the night.]
Well. It's what some people call it. I told you before I was a lawyer, what that entailed. But the problem is, sometimes people who commit crimes, who do terrible things manage to stay beyond the reach of the law -- by influence or power, money, intimidation. And people get hurt and have no recourse. So i tried to provide that recourse. [He'd sworn it off recently. But being here has given him excuse to thinking about stepping back into that role.]
It's a dark path though, and a very fine line between that and becoming what I was trying to fight.
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[Murmured at her guidance, and he side steps easily around the table, moving along as he's guided until he takes a seat. His posture is on the tenser side of things. This explanation doesn't always go so well.
But he does want to explain, somehow, given that she's realized who he is when he was out running through the night.]
Well. It's what some people call it. I told you before I was a lawyer, what that entailed. But the problem is, sometimes people who commit crimes, who do terrible things manage to stay beyond the reach of the law -- by influence or power, money, intimidation. And people get hurt and have no recourse. So i tried to provide that recourse. [He'd sworn it off recently. But being here has given him excuse to thinking about stepping back into that role.]
It's a dark path though, and a very fine line between that and becoming what I was trying to fight.