The creaking of her gloves reaches his ears, and the hairs on the back of his neck raise in response, hunched over the railings as he is. He's not so far gone that he doesn't pick up on it. He overdid it. He'd thought - he'd thought that was a fairly restrained reaction, all things considered. Still. Better put her at ease; recapture the easy conversation. Reassure her he's not one for the psycho-cubes. He breathes out, recalls the Academy training, tries to clench his fist on those pesky emotions that aren't needed right now and will only compromise his situation if he lets go of them.
He'd never seen the value of hiding his emotions like Joe did. No point in keeping that stone cold poker face all the time. Always hated that training. Hates doing it on the rare occasion that he needs to. Never took to it very well. One side of him refusing to believe in the conditioning just as the other side soaked it in makes for some seriously drokked up emotional impulse control. He'd figured it was better to mask his true feelings with other ones anyway.
For now he swallows it down. It'll come out with a vengeance later whether he likes it or not; any interaction with him turning the crank on the metaphorical jack-in-the-box until it pops on some other unlucky drokker. But for now it'll have to do. Rico grabs that center where everything is blank and cold with both hands, and turns to face her with a smile.
And if Beeny wasn't entirely sure about her leap of logic yet, felt like it was too drastic of a conclusion to jump to?
Well. There it was.
"Of course it's the drokking media." he says slowly, like it's filthy to even say. "That's a lot of classified Justice Department info they could have access to. Especially if they know everything that you do. How do these creeps target these Legionnaires?"
Not because he's curious or anything. Honestly, everything she just said sends a frisson down his spine. Very important note about that amnesty. Though if they'd seen everything he did and they still took him... Might be valuable information on how this place runs. Might be more his kind of place than Beeny's.
"Need members badly enough to be putting up with criminals?" he demands, mock incredulously. Oh, the rest of the news is bad for sure, but he's delighted on the inside. He's having far too much fun at the revelation. "You would stand for this? You're telling me we could be working alongside them?"
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He'd never seen the value of hiding his emotions like Joe did. No point in keeping that stone cold poker face all the time. Always hated that training. Hates doing it on the rare occasion that he needs to. Never took to it very well. One side of him refusing to believe in the conditioning just as the other side soaked it in makes for some seriously drokked up emotional impulse control. He'd figured it was better to mask his true feelings with other ones anyway.
For now he swallows it down. It'll come out with a vengeance later whether he likes it or not; any interaction with him turning the crank on the metaphorical jack-in-the-box until it pops on some other unlucky drokker. But for now it'll have to do. Rico grabs that center where everything is blank and cold with both hands, and turns to face her with a smile.
And if Beeny wasn't entirely sure about her leap of logic yet, felt like it was too drastic of a conclusion to jump to?
Well. There it was.
"Of course it's the drokking media." he says slowly, like it's filthy to even say. "That's a lot of classified Justice Department info they could have access to. Especially if they know everything that you do. How do these creeps target these Legionnaires?"
Not because he's curious or anything. Honestly, everything she just said sends a frisson down his spine. Very important note about that amnesty. Though if they'd seen everything he did and they still took him... Might be valuable information on how this place runs. Might be more his kind of place than Beeny's.
"Need members badly enough to be putting up with criminals?" he demands, mock incredulously. Oh, the rest of the news is bad for sure, but he's delighted on the inside. He's having far too much fun at the revelation. "You would stand for this? You're telling me we could be working alongside them?"