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“Does this bother you?" he asked.
She turned around and looked at him.
"Does what bother me?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said. "I guess that she chose her own penance. She came here and went on missions and took care of children and all of that. Vow of poverty, paid off the mortgage, whatever. But she didn't turn herself in and say, 'I'm responsible.' She didn't tell all those parents how come their kids died."
He gestured to the box.
"She talks about redemption. But she chose all of this. Nothing was taken from her. You know what I mean?”
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She turned around and looked at him.
"Does what bother me?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said. "I guess that she chose her own penance. She came here and went on missions and took care of children and all of that. Vow of poverty, paid off the mortgage, whatever. But she didn't turn herself in and say, 'I'm responsible.' She didn't tell all those parents how come their kids died."
He gestured to the box.
"She talks about redemption. But she chose all of this. Nothing was taken from her. You know what I mean?”
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“Bosch nodded. He liked that she had referred to the Officer In-volved Shooting team instead of what the unit was called now-FID, as in Force Investigation Division. It showed her old-school allegiance.
"Good," he said. "You shouldn't have any trouble with the OIS. They just take forever because of the paperwork."
"I don't know," Soto said. "Two incidents in less than a year...they might think there's some kind of pattern."
Bosch frowned.
"Twenty-five years ago they would have given you a medal and a raise for a pattern like that," he said.”
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"Good," he said. "You shouldn't have any trouble with the OIS. They just take forever because of the paperwork."
"I don't know," Soto said. "Two incidents in less than a year...they might think there's some kind of pattern."
Bosch frowned.
"Twenty-five years ago they would have given you a medal and a raise for a pattern like that," he said.”
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“They sat with it in silence for a while. Bosch ran it all through once more and couldn't knock it down. It was only case theory but it held together. It worked, but it didn't mean that it was the way it had happened. Every case had unanswered questions and loose ends when it came to motives and actions. Bosch always thought that if you started with the assumption that murder is an unrea-sonable action, then how could there ever be a fully reasonable explanation for it? It was that understanding that kept him from watching and being able to enjoy films and television shows about detectives. He found them unrealistic in their delivery of what the general audience wanted: all of the answers.”
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