[As much as Harvey needs to know this information with the people she has around him, she can see the wheels spinning in his mind, and she wants to try to bring them to a hault.]
Trust me, Harvey, you don't want to get involved in this any further than you have to.
Want to get involved. My oldest employee is literally my oldest employee, the boss I'm trying to impress knows, and you think this doesn't involve me.
( Help him do the math, Donna. Or, don't. Because this is an in, a real in. He's not going to spring it on her and use it as leverage, but when the time is right, he could be a real asset. )
[Which is one of the things she finds most frustrating about him, if she's honest.]
Will you listen to me, at least? If I tell you a client isn't worth your time?
[She has a feeling the answer is actually no, but she'll give him a chance to say that he will. She wants to protect him, even if she doesn't think he should be doing this at all.]
I'll keep it under advisement and meet with them myself. Then, you and I can sit down and you can tell me what it is that will change my mind about representing them or their case. ( A beat. ) And then, I'll do what I want to do.
[gdi Harvey, she's trying to protect you. And also, maybe, protect herself a little, because there's certain lines she has to draw. So:]
Fine. But there are certain people that I won't deal with, even if it's just as your secretary. So if you decide to take one of those people on as a client, then I walk.
( He wants to ask how it happened, but it's not his place. He thought it was, he thought he knew mostly everything, but she has always kept her private life separate from her work. And from him. )
[Maybe it wouldn't have been, if she had actually wanted to become a vampire. But that's a conversation for another time - maybe once she's felt out how far he's actually going to dive into things.]
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( He's not saying she had forethought. Or, that she was psychic. Are psychics real now? His mind spins. )
Jessica represents other vampires.
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[Compulsion is handy that way.]
There are other supernatural communities in the mix too.
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( He nods at that. )
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[Depends on the kind of werewolves they are.]
And that's just the scratching the supernatural surface, honestly.
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( It's going to change his life, only in the way that could be eclipsed by hiring Mike Ross at all. )
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[As much as Harvey needs to know this information with the people she has around him, she can see the wheels spinning in his mind, and she wants to try to bring them to a hault.]
Trust me, Harvey, you don't want to get involved in this any further than you have to.
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( Help him do the math, Donna. Or, don't. Because this is an in, a real in. He's not going to spring it on her and use it as leverage, but when the time is right, he could be a real asset. )
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[Once you dip below the surface, there's no going back to shore.]
If I could walk away from this life, I would have.
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( Except when he should for a case. Or a friendship. Or a lost love. )
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[Which is one of the things she finds most frustrating about him, if she's honest.]
Will you listen to me, at least? If I tell you a client isn't worth your time?
[She has a feeling the answer is actually no, but she'll give him a chance to say that he will. She wants to protect him, even if she doesn't think he should be doing this at all.]
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Fine. But there are certain people that I won't deal with, even if it's just as your secretary. So if you decide to take one of those people on as a client, then I walk.
[Letting him know the stakes, if nothing else.]
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I'll run them by you. And if they go through Jessica, you and I have lunch. I'll listen, Donna.
( Until Jessica presses and forces him. )
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[She sighs.]
But some deals aren't worth the reward.
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( He wants to ask how it happened, but it's not his place. He thought it was, he thought he knew mostly everything, but she has always kept her private life separate from her work. And from him. )
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It's not as glamorous as they make it out to be.
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( Well, From Dusk till Dawn. )
Thank you. For stepping in in case things got really dangerous. I promise not to dive head first into all of this. But, I will be talking to Jessica.
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[She finishes her drink and gets to her feet.]
I should get going. But I'll see you at work tomorrow?
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( He's still just an associate. So, he has to make it count. )