"People don't get what they deserve. They just get what they get."
- @guillaumebevy
𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.
jean should resent him. after all, isn't that what this is about? in a just world, enterprising young officers would shelter under the wings of their competent, sane mentors, gleaning novel insights from a mass of chaos, sieved through those tenured feathers to make it all bearable. but that isn't their reality. jean-heron deserves something he'll never get; what he gets is harrier du bois, staring up at him petulantly from a half-downed bottle of pilsner.
"what are you, a philosopher?" a thick burp erupts from the slack shape of harry's bespittled mouth. he wipes at it with the back of his hand. "i just meant don't feel bad about shit that goes ass-up on the job. most of these guys, they get what's coming to 'em one way or another. either from us," another generous pull from the gleaming amber bottle. beer sloshes violently against the sides, specks of pretzels and peanuts churning in the foam like sailors overboard. "or the system. no biggie."