"People are touchy, it's not like I can really fault 'em for it if they don't know any better," Dennis grumbles. "It's when they do it anyway after they've been warned that it gets real fuckin' rude, you know?"

It's a tarnished silver lining at best, but it's a more positive outlook on this shitshow than he normally gets, so it's...something.

"You're still doin' a better job than the cops I've had to deal with, so take that as you will. At least this place is quiet enough for the most part that you can just kinda keep to yourself."