[But hey, maybe she's done a bit of growing up since she first got here. ... As hard as that could be to believe, given some of the crap she gets up to.]
[As it is, she just listens, an inscrutable look on her face.]
[She's been on the side of viciously hating police for hurting innocent people, but hearing it from the OTHER side is at least a new experience. She's no fan of him beating on this guy if he was innocent, but if he really did think it was to stop a serial killer from murdering children...]
So you didn't do it, but Shaun says you did.
[... Well, she doesn't think Blake's lying. It took too much to get him to talk to begin with, and the fact that he's telling her at all makes it unlikely that he'd spew a bunch of incriminating details before slapping a 'But I remember something different!' disclaimer at the end if he actually didn't. He'd be accusing the kid of lying, not pondering the nature of the Multiverse.]
[She still squints at him, though, brows furrowed. Not just for reasons of suspicion... this is the first time she's heard that Shaun was kidnapped. And it sends an ache of sympathy for the kid through her chest.]
... I'll be honest, Blake, that sounds horrific. What you did is horrific.
... But I don't think you'd be telling me you told people to stand down if you didn't.
You wouldn't be so torn up about this if you didn't.
[action] NO I WANTED ONE WITH A UNICORN IN IT
[But hey, maybe she's done a bit of growing up since she first got here. ... As hard as that could be to believe, given some of the crap she gets up to.]
[As it is, she just listens, an inscrutable look on her face.]
[She's been on the side of viciously hating police for hurting innocent people, but hearing it from the OTHER side is at least a new experience. She's no fan of him beating on this guy if he was innocent, but if he really did think it was to stop a serial killer from murdering children...]
So you didn't do it, but Shaun says you did.
[... Well, she doesn't think Blake's lying. It took too much to get him to talk to begin with, and the fact that he's telling her at all makes it unlikely that he'd spew a bunch of incriminating details before slapping a 'But I remember something different!' disclaimer at the end if he actually didn't. He'd be accusing the kid of lying, not pondering the nature of the Multiverse.]
[She still squints at him, though, brows furrowed. Not just for reasons of suspicion... this is the first time she's heard that Shaun was kidnapped. And it sends an ache of sympathy for the kid through her chest.]
... I'll be honest, Blake, that sounds horrific. What you did is horrific.
... But I don't think you'd be telling me you told people to stand down if you didn't.
You wouldn't be so torn up about this if you didn't.