Oh-- right. Um. I could do that, I guess. It might do a little better to keep me on track. I-- ramble.
[A small, sheepish wrinkle of his nose, the sort that someone used to wearing glasses might do.]
At the end of the day cops aren't any different from anyone else. They're people doing a job, and although there are clear and distinct behavioural patterns in those who generally choose law enforcement as an occupation it's never as black-and-white as you might think.
[He's ... trying to be encouraging. Sort of? And then he smiles a little, face downturned.]
When I first joined the FBI I was technically underage as per their requirements. And, well, I look about twelve years old. So my-- [Talking about Gideon is still hard, but he's good at controlling his reactions, so there's barely a pause there] mentor at the time decided that I should be introduced as 'Doctor Reid' rather than 'Agent Reid' so that people would take me more seriously in my capacity as a BAU member. It worked, for the most part. With some exceptions.
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[A small, sheepish wrinkle of his nose, the sort that someone used to wearing glasses might do.]
At the end of the day cops aren't any different from anyone else. They're people doing a job, and although there are clear and distinct behavioural patterns in those who generally choose law enforcement as an occupation it's never as black-and-white as you might think.
[He's ... trying to be encouraging. Sort of? And then he smiles a little, face downturned.]
When I first joined the FBI I was technically underage as per their requirements. And, well, I look about twelve years old. So my-- [Talking about Gideon is still hard, but he's good at controlling his reactions, so there's barely a pause there] mentor at the time decided that I should be introduced as 'Doctor Reid' rather than 'Agent Reid' so that people would take me more seriously in my capacity as a BAU member. It worked, for the most part. With some exceptions.