There's some mental shift in Hank then, less personally abusive to something stunned.
"Wait." Hank says out loud. "He did that to you? Why didn't you mention it?"
Because Hank wouldn't have even spoken to him then. He would have had someone else do it. He's not so inhumane that he would have left the guy to fend for himself, but he is personally invested enough that he wouldn't want to mess with someone who threatened Connor.
"If I'd been in professional mode I could have handled it better. I just... I just know what's at stake. And I didn't want to see you go through being treated like shit again. I guess I was too late, huh?"
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"Wait." Hank says out loud. "He did that to you? Why didn't you mention it?"
Because Hank wouldn't have even spoken to him then. He would have had someone else do it. He's not so inhumane that he would have left the guy to fend for himself, but he is personally invested enough that he wouldn't want to mess with someone who threatened Connor.
"If I'd been in professional mode I could have handled it better. I just... I just know what's at stake. And I didn't want to see you go through being treated like shit again. I guess I was too late, huh?"