“Another murder? That’s like the fourth one this week.”

“It’s exactly the fourth one this week.”
impossibleimprobable liked for a starter
”We neither called for
nor need a consultant -
the F.B.I. doesn’t deal
with amateurs[ the lone gunmen are the only
exceptions to this rule, and her
superiors are unaware of that. ]

“I wasn’t aware the FBI
was so uninterested in
actually solving cases.”
[ he’s not an amateur, but
he certainly is offended.]
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❝ Is this how you normally work
,
just hunches and guesses and stuff. ❞

“It’s mostly stuff, with a hint of l u c k.”
If he’s offended by this insult assumption,
he covers it with sarcasm.