[She tucks her phone into her pocket and crosses her arms loosely under her chest.]
I think you're going to end up shooting yourself in the foot if you keep introducing yourself under a title you haven't yet earned. Either people are going to understandably assume you are a detective, and then they're going to be upset when it turns out the opposite, and whenever they encounter you or hear of you, they'll always think of that deception.
Or they're going to doubt you, and when you can't back yourself up with solid proof, you'll be seen a little more than a child playing pretend.
[A beat, and she adds:]
Believe me when I say I understand wanting to be more than you currently are, especially when you're smarter than your cohorts by miles. But that comes at a price. People won't take you seriously until you make them do so, and to do that, you have to be perfect.
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[She tucks her phone into her pocket and crosses her arms loosely under her chest.]
I think you're going to end up shooting yourself in the foot if you keep introducing yourself under a title you haven't yet earned. Either people are going to understandably assume you are a detective, and then they're going to be upset when it turns out the opposite, and whenever they encounter you or hear of you, they'll always think of that deception.
Or they're going to doubt you, and when you can't back yourself up with solid proof, you'll be seen a little more than a child playing pretend.
[A beat, and she adds:]
Believe me when I say I understand wanting to be more than you currently are, especially when you're smarter than your cohorts by miles. But that comes at a price. People won't take you seriously until you make them do so, and to do that, you have to be perfect.