Softening the blow

Author: ladyjdotnet

Date: May 16, 2010

by ladyjdotnet
5-16-10
I'm Agent Lidocaine, from the FBI. I have some terrible news for you. Your husband and children were killed in a terrorist attack. I'm so sorry.
That is terrible news. I should probably be hysterically wailing right now, but the pain is kind of muted and distant.
The FBI is not without empathy. That's why they sent me to deliver the bad news instead of someone else.
I'm a numbing agent.