“Do that and we’ll have a fight where I stay mad the whole time.” It’s teasing, but also true. “Shaw. You will never, never, never be able to secure every corner of the Barge. But the more you push to try, the more militant the inmates will be about their space, for good reason. If you want to protect people, offer self-defense classes. Target shooting for people who don’t know how to use guns. You can’t uproot the problem. The problem is why the Barge exists. Learn to sculpt the branches instead.”

He flicks the top of her head. “I thought a landscaping metaphor would pair well with the construction metaphor.”