With the manager, each of his answers was supposed to hint that he's scared of the MC. That was also supposed to tie in to why the MC was fired: for being a douchebag, not for being organic. Which, in turn, ties in to why the MC is so accusatory: they're a jerk who thinks they are smarter than they are who is trying to keep a detective off his tracks. Unfortunately, for as loud as I shouted those bits in my head, they were very quiet in actual words. ^^; As I've said to others, I'm still learning the ropes of IF.
Thank you for the review! I am so glad people like Clash as much as I do. :-)