Miles raises an eyebrow. "Since you're preparing to draw another knife, I'll assume that you're all right." He's been around the block. You can't fool him.
"They're just goin' down to the station, pal," Gumshoe says soothingly, trying to keep from alarming her - the perennial 'good cop' to Miles' 'bad' one. "We just wanna ask them some questions. That's all. They'll be okay. Promise."
Well, he wasn't wrong. But it was definitely not going to be quite that cut-and-dried.
"You're not in any danger," Miles says. "So if you could please stand down."
"some dandy"?! HE'LL HAVE YOU KNOW HE'S NEVER BEEN A DANDY IN HIS LIFE HE'S JUST FASHIONABLE
"They're just goin' down to the station, pal," Gumshoe says soothingly, trying to keep from alarming her - the perennial 'good cop' to Miles' 'bad' one. "We just wanna ask them some questions. That's all. They'll be okay. Promise."
Well, he wasn't wrong. But it was definitely not going to be quite that cut-and-dried.
"You're not in any danger," Miles says. "So if you could please stand down."