That'd be one answer. [Obviously not one he's convinced by. His skill in reading people is not something he doubts, and if anything the implication that he might have misjudged Ash makes him suspect that precisely the opposite is true--that he's not nearly so sinister a figure as he might want to project himself as being.
A gang boss needs a reputation, after all, and it can't be for being a soft touch or having a good heart, regardless of what's really there. So he gets the play, and for that reason, yeah, he'll grant him that point about fishing.] But you're right, I am wondering.
[For his part, he doesn't need all his guard up and his defenses raised. He can risk more honesty, more openness, and he does. It's in the directness of the look he gives Ash. There's no judgement in it.]
Not selling people's a good start. Not being a glorified bully's better.
[Gangs can have all sorts of agendas, after all. They can put their weight behind all kinds of political stratagems.] You live long enough 'n everyone's hands are a bit dirty. I wouldn't say there bad just in that--be a helluva hypocrite if I did.
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A gang boss needs a reputation, after all, and it can't be for being a soft touch or having a good heart, regardless of what's really there. So he gets the play, and for that reason, yeah, he'll grant him that point about fishing.] But you're right, I am wondering.
[For his part, he doesn't need all his guard up and his defenses raised. He can risk more honesty, more openness, and he does. It's in the directness of the look he gives Ash. There's no judgement in it.]
Not selling people's a good start. Not being a glorified bully's better.
[Gangs can have all sorts of agendas, after all. They can put their weight behind all kinds of political stratagems.] You live long enough 'n everyone's hands are a bit dirty. I wouldn't say there bad just in that--be a helluva hypocrite if I did.