Soprano

She never did school plays when she was little, and now she wishes that she had.

She wonders if playing at acting, even for a little while, might have prepared her more for this.

Because she doesn't act; not really. She manipulates people into believing she is who she says she is. She fools them with double-talk and misdirection.

But she knows that won't hold up for long in the field. People are astute. Observative. They'd see through her eventually.

It's what frustrates her about the job. The part she hates.

Just for today, Kensi wishes she could lie better.

~&O&~

Author's Notes: I seem to be stuck on Familia, for some reason. I've also been trying my hand at drabbles. Here is a set of four drabbles taking place in the minutes before the team enters the house where Hetty is being held.

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