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Constable George Crabtree ([personal profile] 19centconstable) wrote2011-12-31 12:37 am

Case #38 Video

[George is eating an orange. And so can you!

He's also thirty-one again. Yes, George is thirty-one. I know.]

I don't think anyone was poorly done by that, were they? It is a bit strange to recall that I couldn't have even pictured myself as a police officer at that age, as now I can't picture myself as being anything else. Besides a detective, obviously. And a writer.

[George chews thoughtfully.]

Although...I don't believe any of the lads back home always yearned to join the constabulary. Not at our station, anyway. I am pleased it's something modern children seem to dream of.

...I also think you all might appreciate indoor plumbing just a bit more than you do. It really is fantastic.

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[identity profile] expectremorse.livejournal.com 2012-01-02 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Why? Why?! Why can't you just...tell me what to do? I keep thinking of everything that I've lost and everything that I lost on purpose and all of the things that I did wrong and it's my fault and..

[There's a thunk. Hoffman leaves the camera behind. When he comes back, he's holding the hamster in his hands.]

...The only option that I see is a life of complete and utter atonement-alone.

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[identity profile] 19centconstable.livejournal.com 2012-01-02 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Because that sort of thing has got to come from within you to mean anything.

How would your being alone help people?
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[personal profile] lastmanstanding 2012-01-07 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Hoffman just holds the hamster, scratching it behind the ears thinking quietly.]

...never mind.