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Homicide cops
are usually smarter than that.
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I knew one once, in San Francisco.
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Nick Curran.
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They called him Shooter.
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We used1 to get in his car
and ride around...
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...listening to 911 calls on his
scanner...
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...then speed over.
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Have you ever been to a murder scene
right after it happened?
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The body's still warm.
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The watch is still ticking.
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You can smell the blood.
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We'd hang around
for a while and then...
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...go have sex2 in Nick's car.
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Nick used to say:
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"Death is always there.
It's the only thing that's real."
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Except maybe sex sometimes.
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But only sometimes?
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Well...
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...I fucked this guy last night.
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I fucked him for hours.
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You know,
we did everything to each other.
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The full screaming3 Masters
and Johnson's greatest hits.
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But you know, a week from now,
I probably won't even remember him.
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But, if I was with him when he died...
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Now...
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...I probably would never forget that.
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Would I?
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Were you ever with anyone
when they died?
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No.
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Christ.
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We still have 20 minutes left.
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I feel like a cigarette4.
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See you tomorrow.
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She just walked out?
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How Lacanian.
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For her, time's a weapon5.
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Everything's a weapon.
Everybody's an enemy.
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Do you think she made it up about
the policeman? Washburn?
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I don't know. It's so hard to believe
anything she says.
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She's trying to seduce6 you.
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They always try to seduce you.
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Yes, but this one's different, isn't it?
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I don't know. More fun maybe.
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Be careful, Michael.
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By the way, I got a call from that
reporter, Adam Towers.
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What did he want?
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I made everything sound boring.
I assured7 him he didn't have a story.
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What if he calls others?
What if he calls Gerst?
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Gerst won't talk to a popular magazine
reporter. Are you kidding?
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Anyway, it was a successful paper.