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You ever just think about how quietly fucked up Kim is?

I've seen several people lately commenting on him pulling his gun so quickly on The Pigs, but I think it may actually be worse than just him being trigger-happy.

It can't have been that long since Eyes was killed - Kim doesn't have a new partner yet, and assuming that Dom and Eyes are the same person, he still has open cases. There's a good chance that Martinaise is his first case since Eyes died, and the RCM doesn't seem to offer much in the way of mental health resources.

An empathy check straight-up tells you he has the in-universe equivalent of PTSD.

Kim ends up entirely focused on Harry's injuries in the *middle of a gunfight*, to the extent that there's the possibility of him being shot himself because he's not paying attention to the armed mercenaries.

So if you take him with you to meet with The Pigs, standing in the dark with lights and sirens and someone pointing a gun at his partner, it's very likely that Kim is on the verge of completely losing his shit.

Long story short, Kim and Harry both need to quit being cops immediately and go start a combination karaoke bar/small engine repair shop or something.

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The world feels different to Kim after the events in Martinaise, especially in regards to Harry. It almost feels like he can see the weight Harry carries around with him as he struggles to cope through his day to day. Even in his darkest moments Kim almost swears he sees shadows looming over the man. Until one night he returns to Harry's apartment, always willing to comfort his friend in need. This time things feel different, the meltdown more intense and Harry's overwhelmed. Kim embraces him as he had many times before, wanting to be the one to understand what the man is going through---until he does.

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It's been discussed before how Kim is trigger-happy. A common example used is when he pulls his gun on The Pigs, and nearly blasts her head off. I was looking through Fayde and found some dialogue options I have never seen before/seen discussed before so I wanted to bring them up because I'm going to be thinking about them for a WHILE…

KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant's eyes stay fixed on the woman and her gun -- he studies them closely, then mumbles: "Fascinating."

SetVariableValue("boardwalk.pigs_kim_noticed_gun_not_loaded", true) --[[ Variable[ ]]

KIM CAN NOTICE THAT THE GUN ISN'T LOADED.

I'm not 100% certain what's required to get this, but it looks like you need to pull the gun at Cunoesse earlier. Here's (basically) the whole thing:

(then theres the normal Harry dialogue/check. he fails it, and The Pigs tries to shoot him)

As you can see, Kim notices that the gun isn't loaded, which in itself is impressive considering the stress and dark and everything- it shows how adept and familiar with police guns he is. Then he silently urges Harry to go get the gun. 'It's safe' he thinks.

Then, the line that has me freaking out over this scene:

'I was 95% sure the gun is empty and still that instinctual muscle twitch could have ended in an unnecessary death.'

Like oh my god?? He thought the words 'it's safe' yet STILL felt compelled to shoot her. I wonder how many of his kills were unnecessary, how many times he couldn't control that instinctual muscle twitch. How fucking haunting. For him to be actively aware of this too…I have so many feelings about this, ones I can't exactly put into words. Something about a pair of traumatized cops, one fighting against shooting himself and one fighting against shooting everyone else

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