[It isn't an answer as much as a warning, tone certain and stare just as focused; he's not good at the whole intimidation thing, vastly preferring to play good cop when working with Booth, but Booth isn't here. Brennan and Zack are, and as much as they can take care of themselves--anyone who might try to hurt Brennan especially will find that out the hard way--Lance is the only one of them with much talent for dealing with other people. That means it's his job to protect them as much as he can in Booth's place, and keeping them out of being potentially used as pawns should it be convenient is one of the ways he's going to do so.]
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Date: 2017-08-07 11:51 pm (UTC)[It isn't an answer as much as a warning, tone certain and stare just as focused; he's not good at the whole intimidation thing, vastly preferring to play good cop when working with Booth, but Booth isn't here. Brennan and Zack are, and as much as they can take care of themselves--anyone who might try to hurt Brennan especially will find that out the hard way--Lance is the only one of them with much talent for dealing with other people. That means it's his job to protect them as much as he can in Booth's place, and keeping them out of being potentially used as pawns should it be convenient is one of the ways he's going to do so.]