[ Still a little unnerving all the same; small town cops (or really any) can be bad enough as it is, but add in a drinking problem and there's no question about that being a corrupt, incompetent force.
Which can be a good or a bad thing, depending, but at the moment it just feels like yet another foreboding detail. ]
All I know is I'm sure as Hell not gonna take any chances next time-- first thing I'm doin' after this is goin' down and buying a flask of my own. We're not livin' in the Goddamn Depression, there's just no excuse for this!
[ People have the right to at least get tipsy at parties, if not absolutely shitfaced. Ray sighs, then offers a hand -- his right one, stiff and gloved while the other one is not -- to the man. ]
It's Gillette, by the way. Ray Gillette. Nice to meet you.
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[ Still a little unnerving all the same; small town cops (or really any) can be bad enough as it is, but add in a drinking problem and there's no question about that being a corrupt, incompetent force.
Which can be a good or a bad thing, depending, but at the moment it just feels like yet another foreboding detail. ]
All I know is I'm sure as Hell not gonna take any chances next time-- first thing I'm doin' after this is goin' down and buying a flask of my own. We're not livin' in the Goddamn Depression, there's just no excuse for this!
[ People have the right to at least get tipsy at parties, if not absolutely shitfaced. Ray sighs, then offers a hand -- his right one, stiff and gloved while the other one is not -- to the man. ]
It's Gillette, by the way. Ray Gillette. Nice to meet you.