Sounds right. I've never heard of any others."
"Car theft?" asked Mandi, "Was he working with the police?"
The woman shook her head.
"No, he just happened to walk out of a building while two kids were trying
to jack a Mercedes. One of them pulled a knife on him, so he showed them the
antique .45 he carried when he wasn't on duty and turned them over to the cops."
"I see. So he's never taken any prisoners when he's been doing agency work?"
The guy shrugged and said, "If he has, I've never heard about them."
"Wait a minute, Jerry," said the woman, "I think she's getting the wrong
idea, here. Ma'am, Cade's no 'Dirty Harry'; he just seems to have an absolute
knack for being right where the shit hits the fan. To the best of my knowledge,
he's never had a really decent opportunity to take a prisoner, you know what I
mean? When it goes down, you do what you have to and hope you're making the best
decision."
"Still... You really think that not one of those twenty kills could have
been arrested instead?"
"Maybe," said the guy, "If they'd have run out of ammo or volunteered to
stop shooting.
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