[ 'He has no more reason to suspect anything than the other men.'
Ah. There it is, the crux of the issue. Hickey's strangely casual attitude finally clicks into place for Angelo and he realizes that he'd missed an important detail in his reporting. Better rectify this now than later. ]
He mentioned Manson.
[ He lets that hang in the air for a moment, as they both understand the weight of it. ]
Cushioned it real nicely - 'even Manson is letting his imagination run wild', as if he were an afterthought and not the primary cause of the suspicion... but singling him out like this leaves a foul taste in my mouth.
[ Even if Manson told Tozer what he saw, there's no way to glean the nature of the magic from it, and no way for Manson to prove his ludicrous claim either. They'd have to strip Hickey down for others to see in order to get confirmation, and Angelo is not letting that happen. Still, rumors are unpleasant, and in a situation as tense as this, they can become weapons. It's how Hickey got this little group together, isn't it? ]
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Ah. There it is, the crux of the issue. Hickey's strangely casual attitude finally clicks into place for Angelo and he realizes that he'd missed an important detail in his reporting. Better rectify this now than later. ]
He mentioned Manson.
[ He lets that hang in the air for a moment, as they both understand the weight of it. ]
Cushioned it real nicely - 'even Manson is letting his imagination run wild', as if he were an afterthought and not the primary cause of the suspicion... but singling him out like this leaves a foul taste in my mouth.
[ Even if Manson told Tozer what he saw, there's no way to glean the nature of the magic from it, and no way for Manson to prove his ludicrous claim either. They'd have to strip Hickey down for others to see in order to get confirmation, and Angelo is not letting that happen. Still, rumors are unpleasant, and in a situation as tense as this, they can become weapons. It's how Hickey got this little group together, isn't it? ]