"So long as you do," he answers smoothly. There's little point rising to her bait, after all. He's already said he isn't about to write her up. He just wants to be sure she doesn't get herself fined more than she can pay, and that she isn't so desperate for money because she's living out of a shelter.
For a few seconds he's writing, small and precise shorthand, then he clicks the point away and pockets it. He studies her a moment, lofts an eyebrow.
"If you want me to voice it," he begins carefully, "I will be officially giving you a verbal warning. It is better for you if I don't."
Ripping the page out of his notebook he puts the rest of it away, holds it out. It simply has a time, a date, and the address of the station on it.
"But," he continues, "if you are often out late at night... it might be worth coming to a street safety session. It costs no money, you don't have to give anyone your name or talk to anyone, but there's free tea, coffee and biscuits and we normally bring a stock of personal alarms. The keyring ones with the lights. If nothing else, you'll probably give anyone who upsets you a headache if you use it."
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For a few seconds he's writing, small and precise shorthand, then he clicks the point away and pockets it. He studies her a moment, lofts an eyebrow.
"If you want me to voice it," he begins carefully, "I will be officially giving you a verbal warning. It is better for you if I don't."
Ripping the page out of his notebook he puts the rest of it away, holds it out. It simply has a time, a date, and the address of the station on it.
"But," he continues, "if you are often out late at night... it might be worth coming to a street safety session. It costs no money, you don't have to give anyone your name or talk to anyone, but there's free tea, coffee and biscuits and we normally bring a stock of personal alarms. The keyring ones with the lights. If nothing else, you'll probably give anyone who upsets you a headache if you use it."