Mrs. DePleur, at this point, starts to look a little concerned. Rightfully so, if a cop searching for a suspect suddenly starts showing interest in someone she cares about. She stiffens up a little.
"Yes, you could speak with her. But please, she's 115 pounds soaking wet. She's kind, she wouldn't hurt a fly. She doesn't fake it, not like he did-"
Even as her defenses rise, Hank raises his hand.
"I take pride in my job, Mrs. DePleur, and what I mean in that is I bring the right person in. Always. No one is gonna be able to argue with my results, and if that meeans she's innocent, I'm gonna prove she's innocent, alright? I promise."
She seems hesitant, nearly stammering a- "Are you sure, because..."
...Because that's how Enclave are, right? They're power hungry. They force results. DePleur forced results. Hank can't, and won't, blame her for that. That's the way that this system works. He's worked within it for a long time, most of it spent doing the right thing when most people wanted to do the easy control thing. He could manage it until in the last few years.
Since he lost Cole, he's just coasting. But it sounds like Dotty in there shouldn't lose yet another parent who loves her. Maybe this woman is as good as one of those.
"I just need her to be completely honest with me." He looks over to Abner. "Hand me my notepad, I need to write all this down." But he does notice a sort of look on his face. Maybe he's just reading into those torn features, but he still asks, "You got somethin' on your mind?"
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"Yes, you could speak with her. But please, she's 115 pounds soaking wet. She's kind, she wouldn't hurt a fly. She doesn't fake it, not like he did-"
Even as her defenses rise, Hank raises his hand.
"I take pride in my job, Mrs. DePleur, and what I mean in that is I bring the right person in. Always. No one is gonna be able to argue with my results, and if that meeans she's innocent, I'm gonna prove she's innocent, alright? I promise."
She seems hesitant, nearly stammering a- "Are you sure, because..."
...Because that's how Enclave are, right? They're power hungry. They force results. DePleur forced results. Hank can't, and won't, blame her for that. That's the way that this system works. He's worked within it for a long time, most of it spent doing the right thing when most people wanted to do the easy control thing. He could manage it until in the last few years.
Since he lost Cole, he's just coasting. But it sounds like Dotty in there shouldn't lose yet another parent who loves her. Maybe this woman is as good as one of those.
"I just need her to be completely honest with me." He looks over to Abner. "Hand me my notepad, I need to write all this down." But he does notice a sort of look on his face. Maybe he's just reading into those torn features, but he still asks, "You got somethin' on your mind?"