They brought me in hours ago, and they let me
clean up a little bit in the bathroom.
Which was nice but I guess it means that
they're done collecting evidence.
See, the thing about cops is this:
The more trouble you're in
say, felony attempted murder for example,
the more expensive the coffee they give you.
But I like my coffee easy. Instant.
You know, misdemeanor coffee.
Yeah...if only.
(sound of rain falling outside the station)
It's raining outside.
OFFICER: State your name.
My name...
(Trump impression)...is Donald J Trump.
There was no collusion. It was
everybody's fault but mine.
Sorry, it's better impression when I can do the hands thing but-
OFFICER: Your name?
(sigh) Harry Dresden.
OFFICER: That your full name?
Let's just say that it is.
OFFICER: And...what were you doing today?
...magic.
Look, if you could just call
Murphy and let her know -
OFFICER: She didn't answer the phone.
Right.
OFFICER: And what is it you do for a living, Mr. Dresden?
Same answer as the previous question.
OFFICER: Says here you think you're a vigilante.
I don't like that word.
Unless you're playing Scrabble in which
case gimme all the V's
and G's you got.
One time I was playing I ended up with four Q's.
OFFICER: You were found on a public street using a blowtorch-
Right. It wasn't actually a blowtorch. I see how you could think it was but-
OFFICER: -on a person's face.
Okay. That's incorrect.
OFFICER: you weren't burning anyone's face?
No I was burning somebody's face they just
weren't a person. They were a Black Court
vampire so...
...whoops.
OFFICER: It also says that person disappeared.
Like...?
Like magic.
It's like magic.
But you don't believe in magic.
OFFICER: Actually I do.
OFFICER: I know it's evil.
OFFICER: I know it hurts people.
(Thunder rolls)
Again.
Get up, Harry.
I said, get up.
(wooshing sound)
Unless of course you wish to give up on
learning how to create a shield
and face the consequences.
Cowardice is always an option.
Do you wish to give up?
No... I don't give up.
And throw it hard this time.
(rumbling energy builds)
OFFICER: It's sick.
OFFICER: Only psychos play with it.
Okay,  you're not...
You're not entirely wrong. Sometimes...
...sometimes that's very true.
(quiet snarling sound)
(eerie music plays)
(Harry laughs)
You know I can offer you, Mr. Dresden... a
new path.
One born not out of sacrifice.
But of conquest.
A chance to make your own way.
Take the coin.
Be better than what you
are.
Better than what God made you.
It's power.
(hiss)
Wealth.
(hiss)
...a chance to save your loved ones.
...are you serious?
Oh no. Sorry.
That's really inappropriate.
(Nicodemus laughs)
(teeth clack together)
(low humming and high pitched-screeching)
(intense ringing sound)
(Anduriel growls)
(Anduriel roars)
OFFICER: So how long have you been fighting bad guys, Mr. Dresden?
A long time.
A long time.
(ominous orchestral music)
MOLLY:  Look...
I know you're hurting.
(unearthly wail)
(inhuman screeching and snarling)
I know what those things did to you is...
tearing you up inside.
(hyperventilating breaths )
(magical thrumming sounds)
(yelling in pain)
(bones cracking)
And all you can think about
is putting them down.
And you want to do it alone.
The fact is
I'm the only one who knows about what's
out there
within arms reach.
You need me.
Whether to pull you out of the fire
or help you make it burn.
At the end of the day, we're
both wizards.
The Wise.
And a couple of raging badasses
at this type of stuff.
(they both laugh)
Now get up.
Let's hand out a magical ass-kicking.
OFFICER: You still with us?
Hmm? Oh. Not for much longer.
OFFICER: You gonna lawyer up?
No.
Like I said you're not totally wrong.
The world is full of
terrible, horrible, things.
Capital T, capital H.
Capital...other T.
OFFICER: And you stop it?
Hell yeah I do.
So, do you want to make a
statement now?
Tell us what you did with the flamethrower.
Nah.
I think what I'm
gonna do is
I'm going to short out your camera,
and toss up a veil,
and walk out that door.
OFFICER: You think you can do that?
Mm-hmm.
Look, you're probably a pretty
good cop and you mean well.
...and this is gonna make you look really, really bad.
But the truth is I think magic 101 is over,
and I've got a date with some of
that
evil you were talking about so...
(handcuffs clattering)
Thanks for the coffee.
Harry VO: So yeah.
Murph is gonna be pissed cause I fried the station camera.
But look.
A. It's not the first time I've done that,
and B. What else was I gonna do?
In my line of
work...
when the shadows come crawling in from
the Nevernever...
I can either sit there and politely
explain myself to the
authorities...
or I can get up,
face my demons,
...and hand out a magical
ass-kicking.
Or whatever.
(Harry laughs)
Hell's bells.
(casting) ...hexus.
("A Long Time" by Moby plays)
