tell me why?
then tell me.
and humiliation? what is this new job they've?
then, that being so, why is today special? why have you come back to see me? is it that new file they gave you?
then what brings you back?
yes. i think i do.
you called up memories of your father to.
barter with her. to appeal to her, and you feel that.
it is you who have betrayed.
your father. it is not they, who.
that you could ~go beyond the institution."
what does that mean?
yes, so you said. but what does that mean: to go beyond the institution.
would you use a small word?
what's wrong with approval?
how do you think that made him feel?
you are an orphan.
welcome to the human race.
yes, but no one is in control of their emotions.
you said: that you have "decided." that your.  your feelings of persecution, as you put it are a "self- indulgence," and you are going to put them aside. and get on with your job.
and you have decided to accept.  to accept this "emotion," as you put it, to the .  the "sweepings. of the lechter case.
and you've decided to get married.
that if decision were a useful tool, you wouldn't be here.
yes?
you want some advice.
your life has been defined by institutions. the orphanage where you were raised, the fbi academy, the bureau. if the institution is your life, accept it. ask to be reinstated on the "drumgo" task force. play their game.
because it's the game you've chosen. that's really all we have time for.
(checking her notes} . the dream of your father.
that's when you went to the orphanage.
and you have been dreaming.  dreaming about this hat, and.
yes?
when?