"Yeah but it ain't about that." He snaps back harder than he means to. A verbal way of putting his foot down about the way this conversation's headed. No anger, no frustration just--

"Baby girl you can do a hell of a lot better than any one of those people out on patrol right now but that don't mean you should." Joel thins his lips, fumbling for the right way to explain it. "When was the last time you actually fooled around with the other kids?"