I think that's the theory. It was before my time, man, all I know is what other people told me there.
[All of the above says that, and Nick feels terrible telling him this. Not to mention that he hasn't come to terms with it himself. It's hard to explain what's going on when he doesn't really know.
He squeezes back, going for reassuring, but probably only succeeding at empathetic.]
Of course there's something. There has to be something, there always is. But it's not like our usual cases, man, it's not - we don't know who to trust. We can't tell anyone our suspicions, because they sound insane, and even though most of the station can't be in on this, there's no way they'd believe it.
Kotetsu - Sergeant Kaburagi - was the only cop who knew about the network for a while, and then it was just him and me. Then there was a rookie, and an undercover cop at another station, and - and now you. But we can't trust anyone else.
[Given Nick's trust issues - and the fact that Yuji was the closest person that Nick'd come to trusting in pretty much his whole life - it's strange to talk about trust now. But the network has changed that a little, if only by necessity.
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[All of the above says that, and Nick feels terrible telling him this. Not to mention that he hasn't come to terms with it himself. It's hard to explain what's going on when he doesn't really know.
He squeezes back, going for reassuring, but probably only succeeding at empathetic.]
Of course there's something. There has to be something, there always is. But it's not like our usual cases, man, it's not - we don't know who to trust. We can't tell anyone our suspicions, because they sound insane, and even though most of the station can't be in on this, there's no way they'd believe it.
Kotetsu - Sergeant Kaburagi - was the only cop who knew about the network for a while, and then it was just him and me. Then there was a rookie, and an undercover cop at another station, and - and now you. But we can't trust anyone else.
[Given Nick's trust issues - and the fact that Yuji was the closest person that Nick'd come to trusting in pretty much his whole life - it's strange to talk about trust now. But the network has changed that a little, if only by necessity.
Well. And because of Monroe.]