"This isn't about who you decided on as your victim," she says, soft and faintly weary with the urge to explain. She wants him to understand this, even as she suspects he won't. She wants to say it, at least, to get it out in the air.
"It's about you choosing them under this roof. You thought...what? That it wouldn't matter here?"
She reaches out blindly, slips the scissors from the cup on her desk, and crouches back down beside Hawkins.
"We're in a position of trust, Mr. Hawkins. We're here to make people's lives better."
The scissors dangle carelessly from her hand. "We can't rehabilitate anyone if they just see us as one more threat. It's like..."
She presses the point of the scissors into the side of his neck, enough to dent the skin but not break it.
"It's like this. Because you're not listening to a word I say now, are you? You're just wondering if I'm going to push a little harder and leave you here to die. You're wondering how far out of town I'd get before anyone even thinks to come looking for you."
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"This isn't about who you decided on as your victim," she says, soft and faintly weary with the urge to explain. She wants him to understand this, even as she suspects he won't. She wants to say it, at least, to get it out in the air.
"It's about you choosing them under this roof. You thought...what? That it wouldn't matter here?"
She reaches out blindly, slips the scissors from the cup on her desk, and crouches back down beside Hawkins.
"We're in a position of trust, Mr. Hawkins. We're here to make people's lives better."
The scissors dangle carelessly from her hand. "We can't rehabilitate anyone if they just see us as one more threat. It's like..."
She presses the point of the scissors into the side of his neck, enough to dent the skin but not break it.
"It's like this. Because you're not listening to a word I say now, are you? You're just wondering if I'm going to push a little harder and leave you here to die. You're wondering how far out of town I'd get before anyone even thinks to come looking for you."