I've only let two people in, during my entire life. Not even my daughter knows all of me. Knows everything I keep. [...] I don't regret it, no. But I do regret when I let people see the human being behind the detective, sometimes. It's never as perfect as people expect it is.
No, I did. If I make a mistake, people are hurt. People are killed. As one saw earlier...if I dig too deep, people can be wounded, and that hurts more in the process. There's too much at stake.
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[Another sip of the whiskey.]
You probably would just want us to leave you alone, most days.
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... 'm not good with people.
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You get along with people just fine.
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He does not look like he believes that.]
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I'm too tired to make deductions today, my dear fellow. [He looks down at his whiskey glass.] You don't feel you deserve it, perhaps?
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[After betraying a partner, what hope is there? Nobody should put their trust in him.
It's safer to keep people at a distance.]
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[...]
From what even little I know of you...you're better off than I in the "you deserve it" department.
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You barely know me. 'n that's on purpose.
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[A wink.]
Same with me, Mr. Turner. How odd, to find similarities through such circumstances.
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Easier when people don't know you. Or at least, only as much as you want them to see.
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[whatever that means]
I hardly want anyone to look behind the curtain. And yet people have. So troublesome. So...vulnerable.
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Do ya regret letting people in?
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I've only let two people in, during my entire life. Not even my daughter knows all of me. Knows everything I keep. [...] I don't regret it, no. But I do regret when I let people see the human being behind the detective, sometimes. It's never as perfect as people expect it is.
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There's no such thing as a perfect person, Mr. Sholmes.
Only one person thought he knew me.
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[...]
But I guess he didn't? Not really.
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He knows me better than most. But not as well as he used to.
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[He has to be.]
I'm assuming he did something that he expected you would approve of, but you didn't.
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[He takes a long sip of his whiskey.]
No. He's always been the kinda person who does what he wants to. Regardless of what other people say.
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[Another sip of his whiskey.]
Ah. So...he didn't fully consider you in that.
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He lets it go.]
...
[Maybe it's just because of what he saw in the miasma and some prodding from others.]
I told him to stop comin' back almost dead. Didn't listen to me at all.
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...Oh. [And a sad sort of frown.] That would take a toll, yes.
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