[Her manner does seem to relax him a little. He's used to dealing with the formality of police units -- or at least, he has memories of it, and for lack of anything certain in his life right now he'll just stick with those and try not to stress over the unanswered questions -- and friendly is always good.]
He walked me here.
[That's...something. He's trying to be positive here. He doesn't want to write anyone off immediately, even if they are self-proclaimed attempted murderers who shove dead animals in his face.]
And he told me a few things.
[Which "few things" he doesn't immediately specify. If she backs up Dixon's info with matching details of her own unprompted, then he can at least be a bit more sure of what's true. Or at least, what these people think or have agreed to say is true. It doesn't really feel like there are straightforward answers about anything these days.]
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He walked me here.
[That's...something. He's trying to be positive here. He doesn't want to write anyone off immediately, even if they are self-proclaimed attempted murderers who shove dead animals in his face.]
And he told me a few things.
[Which "few things" he doesn't immediately specify. If she backs up Dixon's info with matching details of her own unprompted, then he can at least be a bit more sure of what's true. Or at least, what these people think or have agreed to say is true. It doesn't really feel like there are straightforward answers about anything these days.]