[22] - Voice

[doctor_j_crane]

I have a specimen that I think has lived in a bucket for a little too long. I would like a proper enclosure for it. Admiral, it can be plastic if you don't think I can be trusted with glass. [Crane sounds thoroughly unimpressed by this. He's referring to a non poisonous huntsman spider, that appeared in a Rom Com cupboard with Eddie and himself.]

[Crane pauses before continuing.] I'm rather surprised that the murder in the garden was handled so well. Was it because the culprit was reasonably obvious or due to actual police work?

[Private - Rose]

The garden is less quiet than I would have expected. I trust that you weren't affected by the recent events?

[Private - Hayley]

I want to show you some instructions. I need to know if you're capable of performing them.

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

[Crane frowned at the mention of 'deserving' it.] The tazer is generally seen as a defensive weapon, reasonably non violent. [He pauses.]

I'm afraid that's at the end of a very long story.

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[preachyrose.livejournal.com]

[She put a finger to her lips for a moment.]

Who was defending themselves from you?

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

A woman named Rachel Dawes. She died a few months later, from completely unrelated events. [Crane shrugs slightly, but he talks about Rachel's death lightly, like it isn't of any real significance.]

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[preachyrose.livejournal.com]

[Rose really felt no sympathy for the woman, either, though any kind of death was significant. She was sure she had just been reborn somewhere else.]

Ah. Well, I still don't think I need any sort of weapon, defensive or otherwise.

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

[Crane resisted the urge to ask Rose to ask for it anyway, so she could give it to him. It wasn't likely to succeed.]

If you feel secure, I suppose there would be no real reason to need such a thing.

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[preachyrose.livejournal.com]

I don't feel secure. Not with the people here. But I feel that this warden, at least, might actually be able to help.

[She paused by the railing again and leaned against it idly, not forgetting what had happened earlier, but just choosing not to deal with it.]

Do you fear for my safety?