SO MANY THINGS!! Ok-
1.) love that this is one of the only things people know about this novelization
2.) that is an absolutely insane and SUPER clunky way to ask two people if they are in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with each other
3.) so like, the implication here is definitely that Herbert is gay, right? he patently refuses to answer, he averts his gaze, and through the rest of this interrogation scene he keeps antagonizing the cop. which, rad, but! all homophobic signs point to faggot here, right?? I hate this. I love this. 










