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[conning]

So it’s your natural state.

[brushoff]

Yep. Fortunately, manners aren't required to be a warden—people like Bright, Tennant, and Shaw would be fucked if they were.

[conning]

And when you became in theory less of an asshole, you didn’t try to redress the issue because?

[brushoff]

Because why the hell should I?

Your main concern was making sure Johann was punished. I made sure it happened. There we go, happy end, problem solved.

[conning]

…Wow, you weren’t listening to a word I said, either. I asked if you could tell your fellow wardens it was handled, so they would calm down about it.

Did I say it in too boring a way, or do you always have that little respect for the people who get slaughtered by your charges?

[brushoff]

You say they're pissed about it? You say they need to calm down? But literally one person came to talk to me about Johann's actions.

If anyone other than Bright is angry about this, then they've failed at their job by only complaining to you.

[conning]

I said at the time they were. In that moment. Yes. And I was trying to mitigate.

You want to talk about failing at a job--how the hell is it okay that you talked the way you did to, if I must repeat myself, one of the people your inmate killed.

[brushoff]

In that case, you did a wonderful job mitigating and didn't need my help at all!

I talked to you the way that I did because in that moment? You didn't matter. What mattered was making sure we didn't have an even bigger body count on our hands. And also because I didn't believe in the slightest that you truly wanted things to calm down.

[conning]

[A LONG, LONG SILENCE, before addressing the only part of that answer he can remotely tolerate thinking about.]

So, because you didn't believe it, rather than taking an extra thirty seconds to clarify, you--

Actually, I've heard more than enough.

Thanks for your service, Warden Gray.

[He hangs up.]

[brushoff]

[ And Dorian, spiteful little shit that he is, IMMEDIATELY texts Neal, ]

That's twice in a row you've hung up on me! You really need some new material.
You're never going to convince anyone of your point if you take your toys and go home the moment someone's mean to you.

[conning]

I shouldn't need to convince you that being a dick to someone who was killed makes you, too, a dick! And I don't feel like wasting the time.

[brushoff]

Unfortunately for everyone, I already KNOW I'm a dick.

[conning]

Reiteration: waste of my time.

Have a nice day.