[This cowboy might appear familiar to anyone who's seen him. Except right now, his face is nothing but serious.]
Hope this things on... damn technology these days...
[He pauses, almost as if he's not sure how to word this properly.]
Reckon I got two reasons for gettin' on the Network. First is the news 'bout Miss Lockheart. [He shifts a bit
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[He can't believe it- well actually, he can. He knows how too-big corporations work, so this can only mean one of a very few things.]
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[Yeah, he doesn't sound too pleased about that.]
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Look, I'm with... [What's the best way to describe Tifa and Cloud's relationship?] One of her friends from home right now. He's practically in shock. Are they really not going to do anything about this?
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... though that don't mean I'm done. I want justice to be done, for her sake well as her friends an' loved ones. [A pause, then:] I know what it's like to lose someone, while the law ignores it. It was while I was still on the force in LA, too. And I did what I had to do then.
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You and me both. Just ain't fair. An' I know life ain't fair, but it's up to us to make it fair, ain't it?
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[With all of you.]
We can't do anything. We cannot touch this case.
[A beat.]
We can, however, get someone to find information for us. We can let others investigate. The minute we get a name and tie it to another crime, then we can nail these people and put Tifa's murder down on top of what they've done.
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[Jake really seems raring to go on this one. He doesn't want this case to grow cold while it's still possible to find something.]
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Let me call in Sherlock. If he finds evidence, he can show it to you and we'll go from there. But we all have to keep quiet about this or every last Newcomer officer is going to be without a job.
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Sherlock... as in, Sherlock Holmes? [Uh. Wait. What? His mind. It is blown.] ... sure, that's fine. I ain't gonna say nothin'. Don't want the others to suffer fer our sakes.
[He feels that he can express his feelings a little more openly with Re-l since he's mentioned his past to her. And god, this case is just so similar to Neil's, he can't help but be triggered by it. Jake moves a bit as he's sitting, nervously, before he speaks.] ... Miss Mayer... I can't let this just happen. I can't let it pass by like SL-9, I can't let it pass by like Neil's... [He falls silent for a moment, thinking of his brother.] ... justice is all this case needs or deserves. Lockheart deserved so much better'n she got. I can't let her memory die while her killer goes free.
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