"You can speak!" Utrov marveled. "I was thinking a witch had sewn your lips shut."
Looked like Rakitin had finally woken up.
"But your friend forgot one possibility."
He turned back to the prim-faced MVD.
"Maybe he's a decoy, and it's you I'm gunning for."
He smiled.
"Could be I spotted you from across the hall and fell in love, and I'd risk getting sent to the Zone just to pull on your pigtails a little."
In the part of him where he was honest, Utrov couldn't have said what compelled him to keep goading the most obviously dangerous man in sight. For some reason he felt like he was glad for that.
"Aren't policemen supposed to consider every angle?"
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Looked like Rakitin had finally woken up.
"But your friend forgot one possibility."
He turned back to the prim-faced MVD.
"Maybe he's a decoy, and it's you I'm gunning for."
He smiled.
"Could be I spotted you from across the hall and fell in love, and I'd risk getting sent to the Zone just to pull on your pigtails a little."
In the part of him where he was honest, Utrov couldn't have said what compelled him to keep goading the most obviously dangerous man in sight. For some reason he felt like he was glad for that.
"Aren't policemen supposed to consider every angle?"