[Jay can't manage a laugh, not right now, not like this, so the noise that creeps out of his throat is much more of a wheeze.]
[It makes sense, doesn't it? She knew Alex. Tim won't talk about it.]
[She talked to Tim about it, and Tim didn't say a word to him. The investigation was--is still ongoing, and he just withheld information because--because why? Because he thought that would help? Because he thought it was safer that way?]
[Why don't people get why information like this is important?]
[Again, Jay runs a hand through his hair, the stubs of his nails digging into his scalp.]
Look, I don't...
[He tries to breathe, and it comes out ragged. Talking's even harder when you have to tell the truth.]
...I don't know...much about...about that. How it works. Why it...does...
[He shrugs, the movement jerky.]
But I lived with it for...years, so I can...help as best I can. I've got more than four years' direct--direct, conscious experience, plus the tapes, which makes...more than the others probably told you, is what I'm saying.
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[Jay can't manage a laugh, not right now, not like this, so the noise that creeps out of his throat is much more of a wheeze.]
[It makes sense, doesn't it? She knew Alex. Tim won't talk about it.]
[She talked to Tim about it, and Tim didn't say a word to him. The investigation was--is still ongoing, and he just withheld information because--because why? Because he thought that would help? Because he thought it was safer that way?]
[Why don't people get why information like this is important?]
[Again, Jay runs a hand through his hair, the stubs of his nails digging into his scalp.]
Look, I don't...
[He tries to breathe, and it comes out ragged. Talking's even harder when you have to tell the truth.]
...I don't know...much about...about that. How it works. Why it...does...
[He shrugs, the movement jerky.]
But I lived with it for...years, so I can...help as best I can. I've got more than four years' direct--direct, conscious experience, plus the tapes, which makes...more than the others probably told you, is what I'm saying.