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"Gone fishing."

[ so don't leave messages to ruin the after fishing glow !!!

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You want me to profile him?

[Cutting straight to the chase. He's sure Chilton is aware that Will turning switches off isn't an easy task, if it's even possible, but since Chilton's been so open about this whole issue (too open, one might argue), no point in suddenly hiding behind fancy lingo now. He can be blunt with Will, won't be thought of as lesser for it.]

I'll think of something he and Sasha and I can do together to get a wider picture. Have better notes to compare with yours.

[Carefully chosen—with, he says, not against. This isn't a pissing contest, this is something far more important than that. Chilton wanting to compare notes shouldn't ever get a slap in the face (unless those notes are about April or Abigail, of course). Will doesn't hold the same cheer, but the situation being what it is, surely Chilton will understand why. He's a growling Mister Grumpy Gills over Reggie, not the invitation to compare notes. None of his displeased undertone is shot in Chilton's direction. Past Reggie being one of Chilton's, but. Can't be helped.]

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Profile is such a strong word.

Reggie was still his employee, emphasis on his. But Chilton thought it was fair to give Will a preambling notice on what he himself had noticed about Mr. Reggie Mantle. Moreover -- Chilton didn't want Will to think he was unwittingly sending a disaster to court Sasha.

Even though he had technically sent Reggie after Abigail a few months back. But that was a different agenda entirely, wasn't it? Nothing conversational about that.]

I would appreciate it, Will. They are young adults, and I can appreciate their autonomy -- [a lie] -- but I do think, with our respective oversight, we can minimize any. Undesirable outcome.

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[As opposed to fucking or ass, Will doesn't say. He gets it. He chose that word for a reason, he understands how it can slice.]

I agree. [They're both liars.] And I'll ask April to discuss anything more in-depth with Sasha, since I'm...

[An older dude who is fully aware he isn't Sasha's father, yes. But there's a more to it, there's inclusion. Discussing young adults like this, general parenting issues with Chilton is one thing. Throwing in mention of his wife isn't just because he's not spoken to Laurie at length or because she's the only woman Will knows, it's that extension of family. A quiet reminder that Chilton still has a spot reserved in Will's home whenever he needs it. Some strays wander in and out, after all.]

...you know.

[For once not because he's an easily unhinged older dude with a dead surrogate daughter. Is this...normalcy?]

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I do not need to know the details. [Dear god no, he thinks. And that is, blissfully, the extent of Chilton's foray into What April Might Discuss With Sasha.] But you needn't hesitate to call if anything problematic arises. Reggie is a... Complex young man, yes, but he has a good quality about him. I would not have hired him, if otherwise.

[Perhaps the highest testimony that could be given from Doctor Frederick Chilton.]

I'll talk to you later. I have one Mr. Mantle to deal with now.

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[His father-like aggravation will settle soon enough, and he'll spend a bit of time chewing over this whole Complex young man with a good quality testimony. Was that part of what drew Chilton to Reggie, or some subtle tactic to ease Will down from said aggravation? Complex, something Will understood very well, Profile is such a strong word, coming to his defense at all...he must like this kid quite a bit, Will will later decide. Which means treating him as kindly as possible. It's rude to go to another person's house and kick their pets around.

And they know what happens to the rude.]

Lucky you. Teenage boys are handfuls.

[The idea of sliding in a joke about how both of them knew that from experience because they had been teenage boys is dismissed quickly. He doesn't want to get into Chilton's childhood—Will has no delusions that he was a kid, of course, doesn't believe he sprouted from the cabbage patch fully formed in suit and tie pin, but it's still strange to think about. So what's left?]

Have a good night, Frederick.

[Sleep well, friend.]