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batmanschmatman) wrote2011-03-21 10:20 am
batmanschmatman) wrote2011-03-21 10:20 am
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[Filtered away from Hoffman]
The hardest part of the job is always realizing that you can't prepare for everything. You can't be everywhere at once. And you can't always save the people you care about.
I'm not just talking about here, or about being a cop, but really, no matter what you do, if there's some level of danger posed to your or others, or even if there isn't, you're going to eventually have to face what it's like to lose someone you care about.
And you never feel more powerless then when someone you love gets caught in the crossfire of some psycho with a gun.Or a crowbar.
I've seen a lot of violence. And I've lost a lot of people. And it never gets any easier feeling like you failed, even when there's logically nothing you could have done to prevent what happened, because you cared and you should have been there for them.And honestly? I'm tired of it. I'm tired of seeing people I love die, or get ripped apart or tortured or crippled or blown up because something went wrong.
So when you can do something to help? When you can intervene and you can do some good and maybe save someone, even if you're putting your life on the line? You do it. It's never been complicated for me.
[Strikes readable by Bats minus Jason (sorry buddy :c). The whole post is public for maybe five minutes before he deletes it, but feel free to assume your character caught it before he did.]
[Private to Bruce]
Can we talk?
[Private to Tim]
How are you doing?
[Private to Costigan]
You want to go for a run or something? I promise I won't break anything or try to hold your hand.
The hardest part of the job is always realizing that you can't prepare for everything. You can't be everywhere at once. And you can't always save the people you care about.
I'm not just talking about here, or about being a cop, but really, no matter what you do, if there's some level of danger posed to your or others, or even if there isn't, you're going to eventually have to face what it's like to lose someone you care about.
And you never feel more powerless then when someone you love gets caught in the crossfire of some psycho with a gun.
I've seen a lot of violence. And I've lost a lot of people. And it never gets any easier feeling like you failed, even when there's logically nothing you could have done to prevent what happened, because you cared and you should have been there for them.
So when you can do something to help? When you can intervene and you can do some good and maybe save someone, even if you're putting your life on the line? You do it. It's never been complicated for me.
[Strikes readable by Bats minus Jason (sorry buddy :c). The whole post is public for maybe five minutes before he deletes it, but feel free to assume your character caught it before he did.]
[Private to Bruce]
Can we talk?
[Private to Tim]
How are you doing?
[Private to Costigan]
You want to go for a run or something? I promise I won't break anything or try to hold your hand.