@gaby

[vns]

[ this was supposed to be one of Gaby's days off. in fact, she's not in the safehouse when the message comes in. ]

Turns out that we're missing two new faces around the safehouse.

I'd play a guessing game as to why I wasn't told, but I don't care. These two faces apparently murdered two people that night.

I don't know who they are, but I do know that they're locked up. Any guesses as to what's going to happen to them?

Genuine question. Because I don't know.

Oh, and because some of you think you can do whatever the hell you want around here: don't think the way out for them is a jail break. Don't even fucking try it. And no, Morningstar isn't in the business of breaking people out of jail, because that would be stupid.

[ she's a little angry. no. a lot. but mostly she doesn't know how to handle this one. ]

Look. You know something? Tell me. You won't be "in trouble."

Comments

[shorelined]

And yet, I believe you know that I am right.

[reneger]

nah
killing killers is a good way of getting less killers

[vns]

Your little plan involves taking out more than just our bloodthirsty newbies.

[reneger]

or it involves leaving one of our own in prison

[vns]

Just to be clear: they aren't in prison. They're at a precinct.

[reneger]

*involves leaving one of our own in the precinct
which would thus lead to prison
for murder

[vns]

You sound so certain.

[reneger]

i'm fairly certain

[vns]

Due process still exists.

[reneger]

bet the criminal justice system isn't any better here than it was back home

[vns]

Probably not.

But how do you send a man with no name to prison?

[reneger]

easy
assign them in as "john doe" and "bob smith", log them for murder
no longer the precinct's problem

[vns]

I can confidently say that's not gonna happen here.

[reneger]

send them to space jail

[vns]

Is that a suggestion or a likely outcome?

[reneger]

both maybe

[vns]

Don't you know? Everyone who goes into space is a willing participant.

[reneger]

i appreciate your sarcasm

[shorelined]

If you kill a killer, you have not reduced the number of killers in the world.

[reneger]

you have if you kill ten
or twenty

( you walked right into this, kaldur. you have no one to blame but yourself. )

[shorelined]

[ why did he know this was going to be the answer? ]

And still, it is wrong.

[sumio]

Crime and the elimination of crime go hand in hand. You can’t understand a killer without getting into the mind of one yourself.

That said, killing them as a first option is short-sighted.

[shorelined]

[ "getting into the mind of one". kaldur has just spent weeks pretending to be a villain, making impossible choices to maintain a deep cover.

he knows. he also never wants to have to do it again. ]

What would be your suggestion?

[sumio]

[The rationale’s been the core of his career, for Sumio’s part. The core of the end of it, too. Navigating these dark paths and walking those thin lines is never an easy feat, but it’s what he was trained for. His old unit wasn’t designated “heinous crimes” for nothing.]

Not murder, for one.

[TACTICAL GENIUS SUMIO KODAI]

[shorelined]

I can agree with that. Although it does not bring us closer to a solution.