“ huh.. yeah, figured you'd say that. ”
he shakes his head, focused ahead, time was.. never a concrete thing. something he learned years ago.
“ right now all that matters is stopping him, not asking me a million questions on what we know. you were at the brief. ”
the true —
"not until you earn it."
she deadpans, weaving through traffic on the freeway, their guy wasn't far ahead, but enough for elle to worry he might kill the girl before she got to him.
"what do you know about our unsub?"
she questions now, her earpiece crackles to life [ + ]
— answer? not as much as he'd like, beyond what the team has gathered, the guy is still mostly mystery. it's unsettling.
“ be present in the moment, boss. ”
was all he'd say, he'd not ask if she was ready to face this, to hunt down an unsub after being out of the front —
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ — @DEAINFERIS .
“ today's just . . . one
of the harder days . ”
he had thought he'd done a better job at hiding his , less than cheery feelings today . not that he's ever overly joyful .
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⠀⠀⠀⠀ — @LlKETHELETTER .
“ i'm tired . that's all . ”
it was more than that , this unsub seems to be striking a nerve more than others have in recent cases .
something , close to home . but yes , he's exhausted .
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ — @DEAINFERIS .
“ today's just . . . one
of the harder days . ”
he had thought he'd done a better job at hiding his , less than cheery feelings today . not that he's ever overly joyful .
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⠀⠀⠀⠀ — @LlKETHELETTER .
“ i'm tired . that's all . ”
it was more than that , this unsub seems to be striking a nerve more than others have in recent cases .
something , close to home . but yes , he's exhausted .
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— put fucking kids in danger.”
nurses, firefighters, doctors, police; hell even the fbi. jobs that often come with acknowledgement of a good deed.
“and we have the job of figuring out what it was, finding em before he gets fire happy again.”
“i can't imagine putting someone in danger just because of low self-esteem..”
he sighs, but that's him. some people could probably justify it. in a, sick, twisted logic.
“maybe some of us.. but most people get into a job where it comes as part of it, don't set fires or.. —
“the real question is, what made the switch go off in his head to start.. saving them.”
it's said with gritted teeth, saving.. lot of bullshit. and nothing gets under his skin more than unsubs who pull kids into their fantasy.
“he seems content with using fire, think he was —
verso notices, but he doesn't like when people pry in his own life, hardly one to do it to others. outside of hunting unsubs that is.
“mhm, makes people cause problems or dangerous situations so that they can save the day, be a hero. the gist of it, right?”
it’s only a fifty-fifty if you ignore the variables. and we don’t ignore variables — not in this job 🤨. but . . . enjoy your drink. and please, don't die.
it is a high stress job , if you let it be . though i've had worse habits than coffee with a twist of energy drinks .
a head start , maybe . . . but , our work is unpredictable , it's probably a fifty - fifty .
𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙. statistically speaking, cardiac events among agents are more frequent than you’d think. and mixing caffeine with energy drinks only accelerates the risk— i'd say the heart attack gets a head start.