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modestman ([personal profile] modestman) wrote in [community profile] weathertop 2013-03-29 05:29 am (UTC)

"Well for one, it helps if she's not predisposed to ignoring everything you say," he says with another laugh. "But it's good to stay patient, even if it looks like she'll never say anything. Don't pressure her. Make your case, maybe ask a question or two, but if you don't keep your temper in check you'll shut her down in a heartbeat."

And even if he follows all of that advice, it's still extremely likely she'll never talk. If she even agrees to stand in front of him long enough for all of that to happen.

"If it still doesn't work," he adds, "let it go. You can try it again another time, and maybe if you prove to her that you can walk away without getting all up in arms about it, she'll start to see things a little differently."

...There's no way Jack's gonna remember all of that. And Sinclair wouldn't even bother, but the kid has no conversational skills and if he runs out the door to track down the doctor and ruins everything for himself, at least Sinclair can say he tried.

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