It is -- I'm just technically off-duty, and the job comes with a boat, not a car. [ He offers her a grin, patting the dashboard affectionately. ]

This piece of sh-- junk was the first thing I bought after I retired from the corps. Hasn't let me down yet, even if she doesn't come with all the bells and whistles as a squad car.

[ He's rambling, he realizes, but it's the curiosity on her face that spurs him to it. It's an expression better than the guarded looks and the fear, so he keeps going, not really knowing if it will accomplish anything, but hoping that, at the very least, it can help her relax. ]