"Be careful who you trust, is the underlying message there," Philip says idly, though he knows it isn't as simple as that. His own trust is difficult to earn, though he's given it to people before and has certainly given it to a few here in Darrow. That fact that he's left Agent Reid with his secret and hasn't tried to silence him in any way is indication enough of that. The crime had been committed long before his time in Darrow and he'd paid for it at the end of it all with his life. There's not really anything he thinks Reid could do with the information, but he hasn't used it against Philip either.

And so, in essence, Philip is trusting him. Even if neither of them will go as far as saying as much.

"And what about those you work with?" he asks curiously, more interested in what Reid thinks than in the reality of the situation. As long as there has been law enforcement, there has been those who abuse the authority that's bestowed upon them, those who use the power in order to make their own lives better at the detriment of others. He's sure they still exist and he's sure, if he tried a little harder, he'd be able to find one or two with relative ease. "Statistically, it seems there would be just as many officers willing to kill someone as the average people walking around day to day. The profession doesn't only attract those who want to do good."

It certainly attracts those who want the power.