Not violently, no. Though I would have taken a lot more satisfaction in punching and seeing a bloody nose or something. I'm not sure I understand how someone who punched him in the nose and gave him two black eyes is excusable because the person had a reason but I'm the one who needs help.
[ Laura shrugs, taking another sip of the coffee. ]
I swear the guy loves the attention that being a victim brings him.
[Steve tilts his head, smiling in a way that's more grimace than anything.]
Sounds like he might. [Like the attention, he means.] It still gets people attention around here -
Well. The right people, [he adds, quietly. They're all victims, in a lot of ways, but the inmates far more. And all he can think about is the rampant favoritism he'd faced for years, working against him. But that's not what's important here.]
Sometimes when nobody listens to you, you've gotta make 'em listen. [His way of saying he understands why she might have done it.] If you don't want his help, that's more than fair.
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[ Laura shrugs, taking another sip of the coffee. ]
I swear the guy loves the attention that being a victim brings him.
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Sounds like he might. [Like the attention, he means.] It still gets people attention around here -
Well. The right people, [he adds, quietly. They're all victims, in a lot of ways, but the inmates far more. And all he can think about is the rampant favoritism he'd faced for years, working against him. But that's not what's important here.]
Sometimes when nobody listens to you, you've gotta make 'em listen. [His way of saying he understands why she might have done it.] If you don't want his help, that's more than fair.