Nika hastily put his arm around Rakitin's shoulders in a comradely way and steered him off his path, circling them widely back toward the fold.
"Lieutenant, you can poke Major Raikov later...provided someone's not already poking him. Right now I need you....over here."
Rakitin shot him a look, incredulous and questioning, and the man had a drive in his eyes Liadov had missed somehow before.
He lowered his voice, intimately, companionably, as he strolled them a slight distance away.
"Good instincts. I knew you had them the first time I saw you interrogate." Nika laughed quietly. "I think Raikov might have been slipping the kid his legacy too. But let's wait a moment, comrade, until the Major recovers from his...golubaya balls. He'll be more forthcoming and less likely to strike out in compensation."
He smiled and faced the pathologist, patting him on the shoulders, brushing imaginary dust from his barred rank insignia.
"You'd like to keep your yarbles," he sad solemnly. "Wouldn't you."
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Date: 2007-06-28 01:43 am (UTC)"Lieutenant, you can poke Major Raikov later...provided someone's not already poking him. Right now I need you....over here."
Rakitin shot him a look, incredulous and questioning, and the man had a drive in his eyes Liadov had missed somehow before.
He lowered his voice, intimately, companionably, as he strolled them a slight distance away.
"Good instincts. I knew you had them the first time I saw you interrogate." Nika laughed quietly. "I think Raikov might have been slipping the kid his legacy too. But let's wait a moment, comrade, until the Major recovers from his...golubaya balls. He'll be more forthcoming and less likely to strike out in compensation."
He smiled and faced the pathologist, patting him on the shoulders, brushing imaginary dust from his barred rank insignia.
"You'd like to keep your yarbles," he sad solemnly. "Wouldn't you."