It wasn't that the kid was asking bad questions; it was just that Harvey didn't have much of a desire to answer them. He was still annoyed that he was getting caught up in the institute's politics when he had wanted to remain above all of that. He still refused to consider himself just another insignificant part of the patient population.
"Beats me, kid," he said with a shake of his head. Dammit, he hated the muffled feel of the bandages on one side of his mouth whenever he talked. He usually tried to forget about it, but he had little tolerance this morning. "I wasn't even around when the guy was alive, so you'd probably have to ask someone else." Someone who actually cared.
Things got more interesting when the stranger mentioned that topic that everyone was tiptoeing around. Harvey was quite willing to talk about it over the bulletin, where his face couldn't be matched with his handwriting, but he was going to have to be more careful when it came to a face-to-face chat. On the other hand, it was also preferable to get this kind of information straight from someone's mouth. It was harder to filter things when it wasn't through writing -- for most people, at least. Being the DA had taught Harvey to watch his mouth.
"More than that," he said grimly. His food remained untouched, but it didn't seem like the kid was too eager to chow down, either. "You first, though. I have seniority." He passed it off as a joke, but he'd really rather hear what the kid had to say before he started on his own account. That would allow him to determine which facts he should leave out.
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"Beats me, kid," he said with a shake of his head. Dammit, he hated the muffled feel of the bandages on one side of his mouth whenever he talked. He usually tried to forget about it, but he had little tolerance this morning. "I wasn't even around when the guy was alive, so you'd probably have to ask someone else." Someone who actually cared.
Things got more interesting when the stranger mentioned that topic that everyone was tiptoeing around. Harvey was quite willing to talk about it over the bulletin, where his face couldn't be matched with his handwriting, but he was going to have to be more careful when it came to a face-to-face chat. On the other hand, it was also preferable to get this kind of information straight from someone's mouth. It was harder to filter things when it wasn't through writing -- for most people, at least. Being the DA had taught Harvey to watch his mouth.
"More than that," he said grimly. His food remained untouched, but it didn't seem like the kid was too eager to chow down, either. "You first, though. I have seniority." He passed it off as a joke, but he'd really rather hear what the kid had to say before he started on his own account. That would allow him to determine which facts he should leave out.