"Because that's what bad cops do," Leon muttered. Sure, sometimes he acted like personal feelings had interfered with how he did his job where Count D was concerned, with the exception of constantly trying to arrest him and the fact that we went to go visit him while he was on duty, he never actually let what he was saying stop what he should be doing.

"He wasn't beating me, really," Leon said. "I mean, it wasn't abuse. It was him teaching me a lesson. I didn't learn any other way, and I woulda been a real brat if it weren't for him. He was a good person."