"Why not?" Steve got back in there, louder than the raise of Chin's voice.
"Because I can't be," Chin through back, with the kind of logic fit for children and things too sore for being talked about in any kind of logical calm. All of which had drained from Chin's face in a mix of anger than looked a whole lot more like bitter pain to Steve. "You understand?!"
He leaned in, voice going tight and vicious, though not aimed at them. "HPD accused me of taking payoffs, so I'm the last person the department wants to see wearing a badge." The hands came off the table, as the chair slid back scraping the floor, and Chin threw down his last words, as he was reworking the tie on his low slung apron. "I gotta go."
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Date: 2014-01-22 02:48 am (UTC)"Because I can't be," Chin through back, with the kind of logic fit for children and things too sore for being talked about in any kind of logical calm. All of which had drained from Chin's face in a mix of anger than looked a whole lot more like bitter pain to Steve. "You understand?!"
He leaned in, voice going tight and vicious, though not aimed at them. "HPD accused me of taking payoffs, so I'm the last person the department wants to see wearing a badge." The hands came off the table, as the chair slid back scraping the floor, and Chin threw down his last words, as he was reworking the tie on his low slung apron. "I gotta go."