Surprised I'm not sitting front row, center in MTAC?
No. I figured you'd be here.
I've waited six years for this.
So, why am I hiding down here?
Catching Parsa, Bishop, only ends the chase.
It doesn't erase the damage he's done.
Damage I could have prevented.
I should have stopped him sooner.
Parsa made contact with me.
A few years ago, he... he found out who I was, tracked me down.
Started leaving things for me to find.
Clues, taunts.
Gifts.
Ellie spoke almost quietly on the last word before pulling out a 2 karat diamond ring from her coat pocket. Laying it on the cool metal next to her. Gibbs began to open his mouth to spitfire questions at her, but she continued on
Just his way of reminding me that he was watching, too.
The chess moves I talk about?
Who do you think taught me the game?
You withheld that from the NSA.
I knew they'd pull me if they found out, which... they did.
But I thought, if I played Parsa's game, he'd eventually slip up and...
I'd get the upper hand.
You spend years studying someone, learning everything about them...
You begin to humanize them.
No, that's Parsa's play.
He lets you inside his head so... he can get inside yours.
Well, it worked.
I started to see the man, not just the monster.
They're one and the same, kid.
They headed to MTAC, not ever speaking of the diamond ring, Bishop held in her jacket pocket. Gibbs knew he should have pushed her further on it, but he decided against it at the end of the day.
