The pause is interesting; a lot of people don’t pause, for questions like that. Sawyer’s used to asking people about themselves — he’s not worked at Ralf’s for long but back when him and Harley were doing seances, Sawyer always made a point of getting to know the people. Made his job easier, because they tended to share more than they realised. But in a mechanic shop, people aren’t vulnerable and their responses tend to be canned. You ask people if they like their work and they say yes before they can even consider if it’s true.
But not this guy, apparently. Either he’s more thoughtful than the average person, or else he has an uncommon amount of respect for a lowly mechanic and wants to answer Sawyer in earnest. Either way it makes Sawyer think he’s a step up from what he would usually think of lawyers. Alright, giving out his business card definitely feels more on-brand. The cynic in Sawyer thinks that’s just a neat way to drum up new business. But he accepts the card anyway, tucking it carefully into his overalls’ pocket. “I don’t think it’s awful to find it rewardin’.” Sawyer shrugs. “Kind of the opposite. Y’all’re meant to care, right? The money is just… incidental.” He smiles, wry, like he knows that’s a totally naive perspective.”What kinda law do y’all do at… Brandt and Goetsch?” He mispronounces both of the names, though he tries his best. There’s no way in hell he could ever afford a place like that, even if he did need it. In theory, though, it’d be very fun to sue anyone and everyone involved in Essex. Obviously he knows little about the legal system, but he’s pretty sure every lawyer has their own niche that they work within, like divorce or property or… whatever.
Matthias nods and he realized how absolutely ignorant he must have looked for agreeing with that statement. He was aware of how he grew up, big house, not just one, but multiple, private schools and ivy league college, country club on the weekend, brand new car when he started driving, winters in Switzerland and summers in France. He had money, but his money was never truly his, his father had worked for it, his mother’s family had money to last for generations, he had never worried about such thing, the money was always just incidental.
“I suppose so, it’s worse when you care sometimes” he had been target for it, someone doing this to his car was actually the best thing that could have happened. He still remembered that one and the plastic on the floor of his office when he stepped into it. It had hardly been a friendly visit. “I know how it might seem sometimes, but not every case is scandalous and not every lawyer works only for the bad guys, it’s just a job like many others”.
Now, finally a question that Matthias could reply with ease. He gives Sawyer a little understanding him, his German was awful until five years ago, he understood the struggle and appreciated that he had at least tried. “Criminal defense,” that was what they were most known for “Securities defense, Tax controversy, Personal Representation” but of course he didn’t want to bore Sawyer with all of this names “I work in Corporate, not really a crowd favorite, but I seem to do pretty well” he pauses, he was never a man that really liked to talk much about his life anyways, “what about you? I haven’t seen you here before, what is your speciality?”
