Nobody likes cutting up dead kids to see what did them in, either. I do a lot of things I don't like. I found out a lot about you I didn't like.
[It still irritates him even now, the altercation in the morgue. Then, it had been for the more immediate, superficial reasons of having incompetent dunderheads trying to get in the way of his work. But the deeper-seated frustration stemmed from the knowledge he has now, that if they hadn't interfered when they did...]
I could've had him a lot sooner if your folksy friends down on the farm hadn't gotten in my way.
[He pauses, because he doesn't have to tell her what comes next; it won't matter to her in the long run, and it's arguably just as callous as detailing the way she died. But this time, he doesn't stop, because covering up the shame and injustice of something doesn't mean it goes away.]
Your cousin would probably still be alive if they'd have let me do my job. How's that for sentimentality.
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[It still irritates him even now, the altercation in the morgue. Then, it had been for the more immediate, superficial reasons of having incompetent dunderheads trying to get in the way of his work. But the deeper-seated frustration stemmed from the knowledge he has now, that if they hadn't interfered when they did...]
I could've had him a lot sooner if your folksy friends down on the farm hadn't gotten in my way.
[He pauses, because he doesn't have to tell her what comes next; it won't matter to her in the long run, and it's arguably just as callous as detailing the way she died. But this time, he doesn't stop, because covering up the shame and injustice of something doesn't mean it goes away.]
Your cousin would probably still be alive if they'd have let me do my job. How's that for sentimentality.