[The man opens his mouth and closes for a moment. Keith ... stands behind Ahad with his arms crossed. The fact that Ahad has taken this kind of initiative is shocking, and Keith wonders if it'll work.
Finally, the man speaks:] Everything's a goddamn mess out there. It's like they think that we wanted this. And no one ... no one wants to deal with them. We're all just sending each other in a loop.
[Keith's jaw sets. They got their answers that easily? But then, this guy looks stressed. Even Keith can see that.] We want to help fix it. We have to know.
[There's a paranoid glance from the man before he says,] Fix what? We can't overturn this. This is just—these are the restrictions we have to enforce.
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Finally, the man speaks:] Everything's a goddamn mess out there. It's like they think that we wanted this. And no one ... no one wants to deal with them. We're all just sending each other in a loop.
[Keith's jaw sets. They got their answers that easily? But then, this guy looks stressed. Even Keith can see that.] We want to help fix it. We have to know.
[There's a paranoid glance from the man before he says,] Fix what? We can't overturn this. This is just—these are the restrictions we have to enforce.