[Though the guy on the other end can't see it, Blake cracks a faint smile.] Sounds familiar.

Did that buddy cop movie thing where he turned out to be useful in the end, huh?

I guess you could say Norman was kind of like that. Asshole through and through, but he got shit done. Life would be a lot simpler if he was the worthless bureaucrat I had him pegged for.

And a little kid would be dead.

[Blake is quiet for a while as he watches the sun in the sky. It makes colored pulses.]

This other guy, yeah, I hated him at first. Bastard really got under my skin. Then it turned out...

[Something in his voice changes.]

...he wasn't so bad.