It's simple, kid. I stay on Hank's good side, I stay alive. The guy may be an asshole and a half, but —
[No, okay, even he has to sigh at the way this sounds.]
I'm doing this to help you and your partner. Or do we want him to go all 'vigilante justice' on your ass again? Because last time, the results weren't pretty.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it. Don't want your toast landin' butter side down or whatever. [ However that saying goes. ]
He's gonna trust you 'bout as far as he can throw you, y'know. Which ain't real far on account'a he's gotta eat, like, two buckets'a fried whatever before he even gets to it. He's a cop. You're a lawyer. You two're kinda bred to hate each other. [ It's in your blood!! Listen to your blood. ]
[ Which isn't to say he doesn't get it, last argumentative words and all. It's just kind of to say that he thinks it's an exercise in futility. ]
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Okay, so let's hear it.
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[No, okay, even he has to sigh at the way this sounds.]
I'm doing this to help you and your partner. Or do we want him to go all 'vigilante justice' on your ass again? Because last time, the results weren't pretty.
[A pause.]
I need to get him to trust me.
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He's gonna trust you 'bout as far as he can throw you, y'know. Which ain't real far on account'a he's gotta eat, like, two buckets'a fried whatever before he even gets to it. He's a cop. You're a lawyer. You two're kinda bred to hate each other. [ It's in your blood!! Listen to your blood. ]
[ Which isn't to say he doesn't get it, last argumentative words and all. It's just kind of to say that he thinks it's an exercise in futility. ]
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Cool it, Brokeback, just do whatever you gotta do.
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[...that makes it sound even more gay, doesn't it?
Ah, well.]