[ She tries very hard not to take it personally, and only sort of succeeds.

It's not like he knows, right? He wouldn't know. She can't ever tell him or let him find out.

At the very least, she can share in his feelings over the who or whatevers are running all of this. A frown twists the corners of her mouth down. ]

The Sheriff's employers... I really wish we could find them. The Sheriff is programmed to do all this, but the people who created him have to be pulling the strings, right? If we could find them, I bet we could stop the game.