Ray Kowalski

[rayk47]

Ray Kowalski。

"That's that thing again. You're correcting. You're niggling. You're doing that thing with the T's and the I's, and I say 'A' and you say 'B'. I say 'night' and you say 'day'. Look! You just did it again! You just did it again! It's like some kind of disease. Look, I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear it! I don't understand, I don't want to hear it! Look - I swear - I swear to God I will punch you right in the face. Fair warning."

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[rayk47]

Well that's uh--that's too bad.

[ He even looked apologetic, ducking his eyes into the footwell briefly before looking back up at her. Why not, she was only grieving her sister and terrified of not finding her--what did he have to lose? ]

Well I um... I have to show my face back at the 2-7 this afternoon but if you wanted company, a friendly face, I'm uh... Well, like I said, my partner's out of town and it gets awfully quiet without him around the place screwing things up, so if you wanted to catch a bite to eat... Uh, cause even a cop's gotta eat, right? I'm not saying this right.

[ Too easy. ]

[windhoverthief]

[This is the easiest mark she's ever played.]

Your partner messes up your plan? He sounds like a poor partner.

[This is a face of all the sympathy. It's not entirely dishonest either as Ben's been known to mess up some of her own plans.]

There's a small diner I had lunch at, I don't have much to spend, but the food's good and the price reasonable.

[She gives him the name of the diner where she first met up with Ben. It's on purpose: one final test.]