[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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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.