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[quinientos]

how do you switch this thing to spanish?

[Nothing should be said about the embarrassing amount of time it's taken him to type up that message, but suffice to say, meals could be had (with dessert), flowers might wilt, and mayflys inched stoically to death. Maybe it's an exaggeration, but it doesn't really feel that much of one to him]

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[quinientos]

Last time I got in trouble, no one even gave me the benefit of a trial. This place really is different, isn't it, hombre?

[ Not that he thinks it is, not really. Vasquez can't imagine things have become that much better. Better that he not give it a chance to give him a trial at all.]

Have you ever been on trial, then?

[fightlikehell]

It has to be. Or else I'm not so keen on staying. On top of that, why would they want you here just to ostracize you?

[Keeping your expectations low certainly keeps you from being disappointed.]

On trial myself? No. I have defended people accused of murder and other crimes.

[quinientos]

Trust me, I don't want to expect it, but keeping my expectations low has been very helpful in the past. Can't be disappointed that way.

[ After all, nowhere to go but up from there, right? ]

How many people? When does someone get arrested for murder and other crimes? How many of them?

[fightlikehell]

[Sometimes Matt really hates being right.]

That's understandable.

[He's going to hold back on trying to give the same talk he gave to Buffy about cautious optimism. For now.]

Someone gets arrested when the police are involved. I don't know how many clients I've had exactly but none of them are serving time or a life sentence at this juncture.

[quinientos]

Last time police got involved with me, he dragged me into a town full of wicked men. I thought maybe serving him would give redemption. Maybe it did, because now I'm here.

[ Still injured, of course, and without much idea about why, but at least Vasquez is still alive. Probably. ]

You take this all very seriously, no? This lawyer business?

[fightlikehell]

It's hard to say how that all ends up working, really.

[That...doesn't sound like a lawful arrangement. Matt is trying to figure out exactly what kind of a place Vasquez is from. These things are seldom straightforward.]

Very seriously. Yes. People depend on me.

[quinientos]

Even here? Not to insult you...

[ Usually said right before he gets tactless, but that's not the point. ]

But, who cares if a lawyer is around? Why don't people just avoid getting into trouble? Or being caught?

[ He's a little hypocritical giving that advice, but he'll ignore that part, for now. ]