@theciaanalyst / cont.
“ Then we need to turn the tables again - quickly. ” Voice firm and resolute, he’s almost doing enough to give the impression that their change in fortune hasn’t perturbed him — but a n x i o u s hands tugging at the knot of his tie disprove his bluff. Really, he ought to have a better poker face by now. There’s little that VEXES him more than losing the upper-hand in a case; particularly one that’s deemed important enough to require the combined efforts of the FBI and the CIA. Their drop back to being on the back foot in this chase has left the analyst reeling a little, but that’s never been cause enough to leave him resigned. If anything, it only fuels his determination. He knows little of Rhodes’ work ethics but the other man’s frustration - his declaration of their foolish slip up - gives him cause to believe he might be just as set on seeing the case through to a positive result. “ We can still pull this off, we just need to regroup. I…didn’t see things turning out this way - I’m sorry. ”
it’s conflicting, to be working on a whistleblower case — apparently, the only thing more important than the quiet war between fbi and cia that’s been going on for decades is putting people who want to the world to know the truth behind bars. it’s not the first time dylan’s working against his own morals, but the specific type of case they have in their hands is making this all the worse… just worse enough for him to sabotage it ever so slightly, enough for the people to leak their documents before they can be managed to get caught. “ just SAVE your apologies, okay? ” it could’ve been a permission to stop feeling sorry about it, but the tone with which he delivers make it sound more like he just doesn’t want to hear how sorry fletcher is. a small pang of guilt follows, quickly swallowed — if the younger man doesn’t put it on rhodes’s frustration with the case, dylan can always buy him a beer afterwards and apologise. “ please tell me you have something before my boss gets here. ”