cognitivus: (sᴜʀʀᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴅ)
w̷i̷l̷l̷ g̷r̷a̷h̷a̷m̷ ([personal profile] cognitivus) wrote in [community profile] meadowlarking 2021-01-16 10:41 pm (UTC)

Always.

( Confirmed quietly, with a small nod. )

I can... look at somebody, or I can look at... evidence, a crime scene, a home — anything with a strong... fingerprint, and I...

( A twist to his lips again — censoring himself, looking for alternative phrasing. )

See them. I can see what they're feeling, and feel it as though it's--

( Himself. That's too much. Redirect and soften. )

I can understand them, if I get enough time. At work, I reconstruct what took place. Understand what happened from the perspective of the person I'm profiling. Understand their thought process, their patterns, their habits.

( Which is a far softer way of saying 'I can think and empathize with killers'; kind as she's been he's not sure how well that would go over. )

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