003 | TEXT | LATER DAY 003 | DI481O | private to TO994M, JK002N, RE419S, TN811N, VL121R, BT612L

[salamanca]

One more thing.

I'm sure I'm the last person anyone wants to hear from right now. But this might be important.

Spoke to Sol. Trying to get help for Martin. He (?) said that it's a bad idea to tell us too much. Said it caused problems "last time."

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[aluminumandash]

did you get help or not motherfucker

1/2

[salamanca]

[ The comes after Jet's message to him. ]

Sol couldn't help us.

2/2

[salamanca]

[ Waits a few minutes, deliberately, to be a petty asshole. ]

Jet got Martin out, though. We've been in contact. Sounds like he'll probably make it, but it's touch and go. I'm on my way to bring them water now.

[aluminumandash]

alright. you do that.
when youre done youre gonna tell me every last fucking thing you said to sol, because if you didnt get help outta him odds are good he was working you for info.

[salamanca]

[ oh shut up. you're in a cage. how are you going to force anyone to tell you anything?

having people think you're incompetent is nice when you want them to underestimate you, but frustrating when they want to be your baby-sitter. Lalo decides right then and there that he hates this, and he hates this cop. ]

I didn't tell him jackshit, man. All I told him was that I was an acquaintance of Martin's, that another guy was there with him and that Martin was in bad shape and we needed to know how to bust him out. That's it.

[aluminumandash]

its on your walkie yeah? I want it word for word

1/2

[salamanca]

Fine.

[salamanca]

[ Lalo will send parts of this conversation directly to Rust's personal inbox.

He will first delete the part where he pretended to be Martin's boyfriend for no reason and being questioned about that, as well as the part about Sol asking him about lying about his name. Once it resembles a coherent conversation even with those bits removed, the rest will be forwarded to Rust. ]

I lied, 3/3

[salamanca]

[ Lalo has decided that this asshole needs to be dealt with. First he's gotta figure out this whole drone situation, and see what information he can get from that; then he's gotta find this piece of shit and kill him before he makes Lalo's life even more difficult.

All he says once he's sent the text snippets, though, is... ]

Are you happy now, or would you like to keep humiliating me?

[aluminumandash]

nobody ever died of humiliation.

[salamanca]

[ You sure about that? We can test that theory if you want to. As a matter of fact, one of these days, Lalo decides, they're going to.

He does wait nearly a half an hour before responding again, partly because he's genuinely distracted with traveling when the message comes in and then, partly, he deliberately waits a few minutes longer just to make it clear that he's wounded. ]

Didn't say they did. Just asked if you liked doing it. So? Are you satisfied?

[aluminumandash]

ill let you know if i have any questions.

[salamanca]

I'll do my best to answer any questions you have.

[aluminumandash]

you werent gonna mention theres 2 of them?

[salamanca]

[ "Two of them??" Oh, right. He's gotta be referring to Sol's "friend," the one he (?) had working on this. ]

?? Sorry, Detective, I'm not sure what you mean.

[aluminumandash]

its what comes after 1. how longd it take for initial response?

[salamanca]

I know that. I was only texting with one person. Wait, or do you mean Sol's friend? Sorry. I didn't realize it was relevant. But yeah, he had a friend working on it. From the time I sent the first message? Took a while to get a response.