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This was so worth buying for the wallpapering story alone 😂 Toreth you shit

that I fuck men in general? I should think the whole division knows that.” Given the wide circulation of the head of security’s popular New Year party recordings at I&I, that probably wasn’t far off the truth.
(Hahhahaha he’s so blunt)

that I fuck men in general? I should think the whole division knows that.” Given the wide circulation of the head of security’s popular New Year party recordings at I&I, that probably wasn’t far off the truth.
(Hahahaha he’s so blunt)

“It took me a while, but I finally made enough of a nuisance of myself that someone decided it was easier to track down the information I wanted than to listen to me explain why I needed it.”
“Is that an official Socioanalysis tactic?”
“…yes.”
Toreth started laughing… “Sorry. I just—I always thought Carnac was naturally an annoying arsehole. I didn’t realize it had taken training.”

“Do you know the basic principle of coercive interrogation?” Toreth asked.
“Hurting people?” Grimm suggested.
Toreth laughed. “No. That’s just an option. Interrogation is about changing priorities. Making people value the things that you control. When someone will swap the information you want for five minutes’ rest, or a sip of water, then you win.”

How could the American administration possibly run a justice system and a free press, if they didn’t know what the verdicts would be in advance?

“Lance had dark hair, already receding, and what under other circumstances would probably be a pleasant enough face—Toreth slotted him into the I’d-fuck- him-if-I-was-drunk-and-in-a-hurry category.”
(I love Toreth’s perspective, assessing key witnesses and suspects of crimes on fuckability, as per usual 😂)

“…depends on your level of engagement with international politics.”
“Engagement with international politics” sounded like a euphemism for something that would win the perpetrator a nice long stretch of re-education.
“Let’s say ‘low,’ and move on.”