If he did, he neglected to share them with me. It was a, uh...tense conversation. But I'm guessing not. We were still in planning.
[Involving their inadvertent relationship drama, and Harvey Dent. So there should have been three things on that list.]
No, it would be far too optimistic to assume they wouldn't try to find a target eventually. And this is an obvious one. To be honest, I have no idea how this is going to play out for them or for us. Natasha's extremely unhappy. [Understatement.]
[Kate isn't surprised. She's mostly just repeating it in the flattest tone possible to try to ... hide that.]
And I'm not surprised that she's unhappy. She's hardly the only one here. I met someone the other day. I'll see if he wants help with this, or if he's been called in yet. We might be able to get some clients out of this.
[Which is opportunistic, but—]
Which is mostly to help us establish ourselves better. Of course.
Of course it is. Well, let him know, and he can get in touch with me. I'm always looking for new cases.
[Which is true. They could use that. But it's also true he wants to know as much about this as possible, and that he'll take advantage he can get to grab at information.]
"Tense conversation" isn't a euphemism for beating each other up. We may have a serious problem. Or, rather, I have an ongoing problem that's more serious than I thought, and I'd like to think you'll be able to stay well clear of it.
[She barely knows Jayden, but he is Russian, so it seems to be almost a given.]
And ... I met your ongoing problem at the library. [There's a pause, and it's just enough for her to keep the "sheepish" out of her tone.] I might've given him our business card.
[He stops, frustrated, trying to think of how to put this. Why is this his life? The question of the hour, the month, the year, and the rest of his existence.]
Kate. Until I get to the bottom of this, avoid him at all costs. Do not engage him. If he comes around at all, and I'm not there, you need to call me right away and do not let him in. And, if you can't...keep as much distance between you as you can at all times.
Kate, I have faith in you. You're Hawkeye. I have no doubt you earned that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
[Just in case she needed to hear that.]
But I hadn't- I had hoped the situation wasn't going to escalate. I thought he might be like Melvin Potter. He thinks he got better. [He'd promised Matt he wouldn't interfere in his life.] And he's desperate for my approval. I don't know if he even knows what he did. But I'm not taking any chances.
He honestly believed he needed my help. When I set terms, he agreed to them, and he was honest about promising to abide by them. He believed he could keep his promises. He believed he could get better. That he was better.
[The problem is that believing something doesn't make it true.]
And maybe, for Harvey Dent, that's all true. But there's true, and there's true.
[He's not sure which one he's dealing with anymore.]
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As for the second, I feel like this is karma coming to bite me in the ass for saying "at least it's not McCarthyism."
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[Involving their inadvertent relationship drama, and Harvey Dent. So there should have been three things on that list.]
No, it would be far too optimistic to assume they wouldn't try to find a target eventually. And this is an obvious one. To be honest, I have no idea how this is going to play out for them or for us. Natasha's extremely unhappy. [Understatement.]
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[Kate isn't surprised. She's mostly just repeating it in the flattest tone possible to try to ... hide that.]
And I'm not surprised that she's unhappy. She's hardly the only one here. I met someone the other day. I'll see if he wants help with this, or if he's been called in yet. We might be able to get some clients out of this.
[Which is opportunistic, but—]
Which is mostly to help us establish ourselves better. Of course.
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[Which is true. They could use that. But it's also true he wants to know as much about this as possible, and that he'll take advantage he can get to grab at information.]
"Tense conversation" isn't a euphemism for beating each other up. We may have a serious problem. Or, rather, I have an ongoing problem that's more serious than I thought, and I'd like to think you'll be able to stay well clear of it.
His name is Harvey Dent.
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[She barely knows Jayden, but he is Russian, so it seems to be almost a given.]
And ... I met your ongoing problem at the library. [There's a pause, and it's just enough for her to keep the "sheepish" out of her tone.] I might've given him our business card.
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You what.
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[He stops, frustrated, trying to think of how to put this. Why is this his life? The question of the hour, the month, the year, and the rest of his existence.]
Kate. Until I get to the bottom of this, avoid him at all costs. Do not engage him. If he comes around at all, and I'm not there, you need to call me right away and do not let him in. And, if you can't...keep as much distance between you as you can at all times.
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[It feels like a good idea to remind him.]
What is he capable of?
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[So much for combat.]
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[Just in case she needed to hear that.]
But I hadn't- I had hoped the situation wasn't going to escalate. I thought he might be like Melvin Potter. He thinks he got better. [He'd promised Matt he wouldn't interfere in his life.] And he's desperate for my approval. I don't know if he even knows what he did. But I'm not taking any chances.
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[She says it in a very matter-of-fact way.]
And in our line of work, how much should we trust that someone has changed? How many people have reverted in our experience?
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[If Clint has many, many faults, at least there will always be that.]
Whether or not to believe that is the sort of thing you have to decide for yourself.
[And this time, Matt was wrong.]
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What do your senses tell you, Matt?
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[The problem is that believing something doesn't make it true.]
And maybe, for Harvey Dent, that's all true. But there's true, and there's true.
[He's not sure which one he's dealing with anymore.]
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[It's obvious that she's coming to a number of conclusions about it.]
There's something you're leaving out.
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I'd be hard pressed to name someone else in our community I consistently work with more often. [Consistent being the word here.] Why?
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[It feels like an important thing to say.]
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