In fact, you are the one being ridiculous. You are-- tense, you are performing confidence and superiority in a subtle attempt to intimidate me. I am under no obligation to procure library privileges for you, and neither is the FBI. Are you still afraid of the Academy after all this time?
[If she's yelling, it's only because this conversation is ridiculous and wasting time she could be spending staring at the wall and imaging a series of increasingly graphic revenge fantasies on former coworkers.]
[Infuriating woman. Somehow it's worse that she won't rise to Maketh's bait, won't snap or visibly move to counter the threat. It makes Maketh feel like the unreasonable one.
[Because Maketh is the unreasonable one. People tend to be more unreasonable as Brennan remains reasonable. It's very frustrating.]
Your determination is irrelevant here. Perhaps anywhere, given you are incarcerated and even without permission to use the library.
[Brennan is calm as ever. Her hormones are behaving. Thank goodness.]
I will find out what I want to know with or without your help, but the outcome will be more favorable for you if you cooperate and answer the questions I've asked you.
[Perhaps it's best that neither Sweets nor Booth is here right now. Booth would get in Maketh Tua's face and yell at her. And Sweets would make her angry with psychology. Brennan is merely relying on logic, and therefore is not falling for any little trap Maketh throws at her.
Not that she won't mention to Booth and Sweets how rude Maketh is later, but she's not upset here and now. At best, she's annoyed at having to repeat herself.
...would that work? Feigning the utmost annoyance and walking out, telling Maketh she can forget the deal about the library? It's risky, and Brennan is not a gambler.
...no. She won't try that now. She simply stares right at Maketh, face devoid of emotion.] Are you still afraid the Academy can hurt you?
If you have so little time left, then logically, you have nothing to lose by helping us with our investigation. If you will die regardless, you stand to clear your conscience before you are killed. You stand to do right by Itani and Kareem Deol.
You assume a clear conscience is something I desire.
[Maketh has learned to live with herself. It hurts sometimes, but she endures. The look she gives Doctor Brennan is not especially gentle.]
Even if I give you all the information you're looking for, it will not help. The people responsible will not face justice, for this or any other crime. Measures have been taken to assure that.
[Listen if you're going to die anyway then why do you care. :|
This is a lot more information than Brennan expected to get. She listens, comparing Maketh's story to what the victims' bones say.]
Yes. His bones showed damage consistent with a brutal beating. [And with all the fractures and their lack of remodeling, it had been easy to determine that one of them had been his cause of death.] And hers showed post-mortem fractures.
[The others will show the same, when they find them.]
You've done a good thing for them, by telling me this. This honors their memory. For however long you have left to live, you'll have access to the library, and you can rest assured that what you've told me will be written up.
Maketh watches Brennan for a long moment. Most people would have offered some empty reassurance about the quality of her life - of course she'd survive, she had nothing to worry about, nothing bad ever happened to anyone in prison. But this is honest. This is real.
How refreshing.]
You are an odd woman. I think I would have liked you, in a different life.
[Brennan frowns a little.] I am an honest woman, but I have been told before that I am-- odd. [It doesn't make it any stranger.
The different life bit is new, though. But reincarnation is as much a myth as the resurrection of a carpenter turned preacher, so--]
Oh. You mean that metaphorically. If our lives had been different and we had crossed paths -- if you were not in prison and I were... in any number of other professions -- then perhaps we might have gotten along or even have been friends. [She considers it a moment, tilting her head a little, then gives a quick nod and a slight smile.] Perhaps.
Yes, I assumed you do, given you requested we obtain library access for you.
[Brennan... She's trying so hard.]
They do, yes. Thank you. I'll have my partner begin processing the paperwork for you. A copy will be given to you as proof.
[She stands and regards Maketh for a moment -- yes, she seems like someone Brennan might have liked, if their lives had been different. But this is where they are, this is who they are. They will never see each other again.]
Goodbye, Ms. Tua.
[With another small smile, she heads out of the interrogation room to make good on her part od the bargain.]
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Date: 2017-06-13 11:15 am (UTC)In fact, you are the one being ridiculous. You are-- tense, you are performing confidence and superiority in a subtle attempt to intimidate me. I am under no obligation to procure library privileges for you, and neither is the FBI. Are you still afraid of the Academy after all this time?
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Date: 2017-06-13 03:48 pm (UTC)You bought answers. I sold them. But only a few. I am not afraid!
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Date: 2017-06-13 04:09 pm (UTC)Now your posture and tone indicate you will not be moved. Why? I'm not interested in a pointless confrontation. What are you resisting?
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Date: 2017-06-13 04:15 pm (UTC)Ask your questions, Doctor Brennan, and make them good, or that will be the end of it.
[Maketh doesn't have much leverage and she knows it, but she won't be pushed into a corner.]
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Date: 2017-06-13 04:21 pm (UTC)That is my question: what are you resisting? What about our conversation is so upsetting?
[Because it seems as if the answer will lead back to the case as a whole.]
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Date: 2017-06-13 04:30 pm (UTC)[If she's yelling, it's only because this conversation is ridiculous and wasting time she could be spending staring at the wall and imaging a series of increasingly graphic revenge fantasies on former coworkers.]
Are you going to ask anything useful or not?
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Date: 2017-06-13 05:06 pm (UTC)[Which she says with a frown, not a hint of combativeness in her tone.]
I have determined that the questions I just asked you are useful. Would you like me to repeat them?
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Date: 2017-06-13 07:32 pm (UTC)She glares.]
I have determined they are not. Ask new ones.
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Date: 2017-06-13 07:51 pm (UTC)Your determination is irrelevant here. Perhaps anywhere, given you are incarcerated and even without permission to use the library.
[Brennan is calm as ever. Her hormones are behaving. Thank goodness.]
I will find out what I want to know with or without your help, but the outcome will be more favorable for you if you cooperate and answer the questions I've asked you.
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Date: 2017-06-13 08:51 pm (UTC)Fine. Ask. Before I get tired of you completely.
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Date: 2017-06-14 01:08 am (UTC)Not that she won't mention to Booth and Sweets how rude Maketh is later, but she's not upset here and now. At best, she's annoyed at having to repeat herself.
...would that work? Feigning the utmost annoyance and walking out, telling Maketh she can forget the deal about the library? It's risky, and Brennan is not a gambler.
...no. She won't try that now. She simply stares right at Maketh, face devoid of emotion.] Are you still afraid the Academy can hurt you?
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Date: 2017-06-14 02:06 am (UTC)[It's said quite simply, without affect. Maketh folds her hands in her lap. The shakes click against each other.]
It was a tactical risk to leave me alive. It will be corrected soon.
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Date: 2017-06-14 10:58 am (UTC)If you have so little time left, then logically, you have nothing to lose by helping us with our investigation. If you will die regardless, you stand to clear your conscience before you are killed. You stand to do right by Itani and Kareem Deol.
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Date: 2017-06-15 06:54 pm (UTC)You assume a clear conscience is something I desire.
[Maketh has learned to live with herself. It hurts sometimes, but she endures. The look she gives Doctor Brennan is not especially gentle.]
Even if I give you all the information you're looking for, it will not help. The people responsible will not face justice, for this or any other crime. Measures have been taken to assure that.
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Date: 2017-06-15 10:05 pm (UTC)[Oh Maketh. Brennan has been through far too much for a look to rattle her in any way.]
We'll decide if it will help or not, but either way, someone will know the truth. It will not die with you.
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Date: 2017-06-16 04:51 pm (UTC)Itani and the others probably died in the air. It wasn't hard to arrange accidents back then.
[It's said without affect, just a simple fact.]
As far as I know, Kareem was the only one who survived hitting the ground. But he was the squad leader, and he was popular. Had a way with people.
[Maketh drops her eyes for a moment, then composes herself. She liked Kareem. She misses him still.]
Of course the instructors were going to make an example of him. They dragged him back.
[She's quiet for a moment. Too long.]
The other flight cadets beat him to death.
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Date: 2017-06-16 10:54 pm (UTC)This is a lot more information than Brennan expected to get. She listens, comparing Maketh's story to what the victims' bones say.]
Yes. His bones showed damage consistent with a brutal beating. [And with all the fractures and their lack of remodeling, it had been easy to determine that one of them had been his cause of death.] And hers showed post-mortem fractures.
[The others will show the same, when they find them.]
You've done a good thing for them, by telling me this. This honors their memory. For however long you have left to live, you'll have access to the library, and you can rest assured that what you've told me will be written up.
[And maybe someday, justice will be served.]
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Date: 2017-06-16 11:23 pm (UTC)Maketh watches Brennan for a long moment. Most people would have offered some empty reassurance about the quality of her life - of course she'd survive, she had nothing to worry about, nothing bad ever happened to anyone in prison. But this is honest. This is real.
How refreshing.]
You are an odd woman. I think I would have liked you, in a different life.
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Date: 2017-06-17 02:41 am (UTC)The different life bit is new, though. But reincarnation is as much a myth as the resurrection of a carpenter turned preacher, so--]
Oh. You mean that metaphorically. If our lives had been different and we had crossed paths -- if you were not in prison and I were... in any number of other professions -- then perhaps we might have gotten along or even have been friends. [She considers it a moment, tilting her head a little, then gives a quick nod and a slight smile.] Perhaps.
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Date: 2017-06-17 02:46 am (UTC)[She can even use a simile when it amuses her. Generally it doesn't. But the option remains. Maketh nods slowly.]
Goodbye, Doctor Brennan. I hope your answers suit you.
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Date: 2017-06-17 01:44 pm (UTC)[Brennan... She's trying so hard.]
They do, yes. Thank you. I'll have my partner begin processing the paperwork for you. A copy will be given to you as proof.
[She stands and regards Maketh for a moment -- yes, she seems like someone Brennan might have liked, if their lives had been different. But this is where they are, this is who they are. They will never see each other again.]
Goodbye, Ms. Tua.
[With another small smile, she heads out of the interrogation room to make good on her part od the bargain.]