[ Meaningful contact is best kept brief and to the point. Skip the sob story. Avoid the messy, complicated emotions -- loss, betrayal, grief, fury. Just focus on what's at hand; the rest is circumstantial.
Tim won't take up too much of his time, not when this guy could actually be saving someone else's life tonight. ]
To be honest? I'm not sure what I'm hoping to get out of this. There's not a whole lot to talk me out of.
[ After all, he's not holding a gun to his head. He laughs, quiet and rueful and sharp, and pulls up some video surveillance taken earlier. ]
I think I just wanted a nice, civil conversation. No yelling, no blame, no guilt. Surprisingly hard to come by these days.
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[ Meaningful contact is best kept brief and to the point. Skip the sob story. Avoid the messy, complicated emotions -- loss, betrayal, grief, fury. Just focus on what's at hand; the rest is circumstantial.
Tim won't take up too much of his time, not when this guy could actually be saving someone else's life tonight. ]
To be honest? I'm not sure what I'm hoping to get out of this. There's not a whole lot to talk me out of.
[ After all, he's not holding a gun to his head. He laughs, quiet and rueful and sharp, and pulls up some video surveillance taken earlier. ]
I think I just wanted a nice, civil conversation. No yelling, no blame, no guilt. Surprisingly hard to come by these days.