texastoasterman: YES. YES HE DID. So then I had to go down to legal for another lecture (I already got one the day I did it because I was up front about it). Had to do a half hour "Effective Communication With the Public" training thing.
texastoasterman: Then I had to go home to patrol for a while and Nate. Listen. You are beholden to the American people. Like 100% beholden. That is a heavy responsibility.
texastoasterman: I, on the other hand, shoulder a much heavier responsibility
texastoasterman: in that I am beholden to every little old lady in El Paso and Juarez. Every single one.
texastoasterman: They have a vested interest in being able to compare their grandchildren to me when they don't call, Nate. A vested interest. While on patrol in my city, I got lectured by seven little old ladies about my bad manners.
texastoasterman:Seven.
texastoasterman: Little old ladies never listen, no matter how good an explanation you have. And little known fact about Mexican grannies, Nate: they have the power to shoot shame beams from their eyes. Last one of the day nearly had me in tears because she carried on about how my abuelita would be ashamed of me.
[Nate knew why that little bit of accidental insensitivity would've hurt, what with Jaime's gran dying in the aftermath of the Cataclysm.]
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texastoasterman: Then I had to go home to patrol for a while and Nate. Listen. You are beholden to the American people. Like 100% beholden. That is a heavy responsibility.
texastoasterman: I, on the other hand, shoulder a much heavier responsibility
texastoasterman: in that I am beholden to every little old lady in El Paso and Juarez. Every single one.
texastoasterman: They have a vested interest in being able to compare their grandchildren to me when they don't call, Nate. A vested interest. While on patrol in my city, I got lectured by seven little old ladies about my bad manners.
texastoasterman: Seven.
texastoasterman: Little old ladies never listen, no matter how good an explanation you have. And little known fact about Mexican grannies, Nate: they have the power to shoot shame beams from their eyes. Last one of the day nearly had me in tears because she carried on about how my abuelita would be ashamed of me.
[Nate knew why that little bit of accidental insensitivity would've hurt, what with Jaime's gran dying in the aftermath of the Cataclysm.]