aluminumandash | (Reply)

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[Hair prickles at the back of Martin’s neck. He remembers Ben’s fit at the cell block, ordering Kokichi out. Nothing had happened, but Martin had done his best to listen for trouble. Erratic. That’s one of Ben’s traits that he’s observed. On full blast and then flipping. And always listening on the radio.

And he’s a cop. His mind turns to Daisy, and his lips thin.]

I think we all need something to focus on.
Ben’s sharp when he’s not in his own head, it seems like.
Reminds me of someone I know from home.

[God, he wishes he had a better way to speak in code with Cohle. The other man seems to be making an effort to. But Martin hopes he can get his own point across. He hears. He understands. It’s just hard to picture Ben going out of his head in a violent way. Maybe an emotional one?

But the police are the police. The ones he knows are absolutely vicious when they need or want to be. And if the guy really is like Daisy… Dying might have pushed him to the breaking point.]

No kids hurt, yet.
Not that I’ve seen, but there’s someone who got hit with a bear trap???
I don’t want anyone else getting caught.
Especially not by something so unexpected.
You’ll be careful, right?