Suspect One stopped shouting, averting his eyes as Noah realized the robber had lied just to create chaos and drag an innocent bystander down with him.
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Noah stepped back over to the bench. While still maintaining protocol, he reached down with his cuff key, unlocked just the left wrist restraint, and handed the phone and a stylus back to the man. "Look, I'm trying to figure out what's going on here," Noah said calmly, gesturing to the device. "Can you write down who you are and why my dog is acting like this?"
The man rubbed his free wrist, looked at Axel hovering between his knees, and began typing rapidly on the screen with trembling fingers.
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