Death isn't a permanent solution here, Mr. Pierce. And it just might end up with him out of our custody once more. Not to mention, he's a person, not a cow. I'm not going to murder someone unless they're an immediate and imminent threat to the life or well-being of another person. While he's locked up in my custody, he doesn't meet that criteria.
[Where to go from here, though?]
And we've reached past the point where my expertise could be of help. I'm a trauma surgeon, not a psychiatrist. I know the basic idea of what to do, but that's with a compliant patient in a setting where I can control things. Not the middle of a wasteland where no one has time to be playing guard.
What we need is him on a mental leash, not a physical one. I know my own limitations and I'm not emotionally capable of building a bond with him to wrangle him properly. I don't know who could be, really.
[And this might be showing his hand a little too much, but it's the natural progression for this conversation. John hopes.]
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Death isn't a permanent solution here, Mr. Pierce. And it just might end up with him out of our custody once more. Not to mention, he's a person, not a cow. I'm not going to murder someone unless they're an immediate and imminent threat to the life or well-being of another person. While he's locked up in my custody, he doesn't meet that criteria.
[Where to go from here, though?]
And we've reached past the point where my expertise could be of help. I'm a trauma surgeon, not a psychiatrist. I know the basic idea of what to do, but that's with a compliant patient in a setting where I can control things. Not the middle of a wasteland where no one has time to be playing guard.
What we need is him on a mental leash, not a physical one. I know my own limitations and I'm not emotionally capable of building a bond with him to wrangle him properly. I don't know who could be, really.
[And this might be showing his hand a little too much, but it's the natural progression for this conversation. John hopes.]