That doesn't answer the question. So you investigate things like this... the weird things that no one can explain, right? I get that, but what I don't get is... investigating doesn't mean believing, unless you already decided you believed me before you even walked in here.
[ Maybe he's being too skeptical, but something tells him he's not. ]
... The after effects. [ Names start forming in Alan's mind unbidden. ] After effects like Stucky and Rose? Rusty? Emma Sloan? And what about Bright Falls?
[ It might look fine, but there's an undercurrent of something. Maybe that something's always been there, or maybe it was accentuated by Alan. Because of Alan.
But he doesn't have time to think more about that, because the door opens, and the Ranger Captain walks inside. Alan also turns to look at him, but as far as he knows, he's just another person that's attached to the Bureau.
But before he knows it, Jesse is moving and walking away from him, leaving the room. The words she exchanges with the ranger don't seem important, because it's the fact that she's leaving that's struck a chord with Alan. She leaves, and the ranger says something about being outside if he needs anything, and then they're both gone.
Alan just stands there, hand slightly outstretched, although he doesn't remember moving to complete that action.
Wait...
The request for Jesse to wait never formed, and he never spoke it out loud, and now it's too late. Why?
He stares down at the keychain that she left behind, and he realizes that he didn't want her to go.
Faden. Miss Director. That's what the Ranger Captain called her.
Is it...? Is she who I've been trying to find? How could I have forgotten about her?
He realizes suddenly that he's standing up, and he doesn't remember doing that, but he suddenly and rather abruptly drops into the chair near the table, and he grabs the keychain, folding his fingers around it as if he never wants to let it go.
What the hell do I do now?
If the Ranger Captain happens to peer in again, he'll just see Alan sitting down, head in his hands, and the keychain clenched firmly in one of them. ]
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[ Maybe he's being too skeptical, but something tells him he's not. ]
... The after effects. [ Names start forming in Alan's mind unbidden. ] After effects like Stucky and Rose? Rusty? Emma Sloan? And what about Bright Falls?
[ It might look fine, but there's an undercurrent of something. Maybe that something's always been there, or maybe it was accentuated by Alan. Because of Alan.
But he doesn't have time to think more about that, because the door opens, and the Ranger Captain walks inside. Alan also turns to look at him, but as far as he knows, he's just another person that's attached to the Bureau.
But before he knows it, Jesse is moving and walking away from him, leaving the room. The words she exchanges with the ranger don't seem important, because it's the fact that she's leaving that's struck a chord with Alan. She leaves, and the ranger says something about being outside if he needs anything, and then they're both gone.
Alan just stands there, hand slightly outstretched, although he doesn't remember moving to complete that action.
Wait...
The request for Jesse to wait never formed, and he never spoke it out loud, and now it's too late. Why?
He stares down at the keychain that she left behind, and he realizes that he didn't want her to go.
Faden. Miss Director. That's what the Ranger Captain called her.
Is it...? Is she who I've been trying to find? How could I have forgotten about her?
He realizes suddenly that he's standing up, and he doesn't remember doing that, but he suddenly and rather abruptly drops into the chair near the table, and he grabs the keychain, folding his fingers around it as if he never wants to let it go.
What the hell do I do now?
If the Ranger Captain happens to peer in again, he'll just see Alan sitting down, head in his hands, and the keychain clenched firmly in one of them. ]