The Hierophant
26 of April 204X. Take your child to job day. Eulalio, a highly respected police chief, takes his son Eduardo for the day like every year he did. But Eulalio can clearly see something is off. Every year his son looks at his police friends with more anger, in a more revengeful way. He is clearly not enjoying being here. He gets in fights with other cops' kids every time for their "lack of morality," he says.
For a moment, the office phone starts ringing. It’s a robbery... for a can of soup..? It’s usually lower-level cops going to low-threat crimes like these, but Eulalio decides it would be a good idea to go there for some "father and son activities."
he asks his son, "Son, are you ready to catch bad guys with your old man?"
Eduardo answers annoyed, "Do we really have to arrest some dude for stealing a can of soup? I got a few bucks on me, I can probably pay it, right?"
Eulalio answers with a sad and bored voice, "Son, it’s very nice of you, you offered to pay, but the guy already did the crime, and crime is crime. We have to take him to the station with us.
Eduardo asks, "Isn’t food like a basic human need and we are arresting them for that?" "Yes son, yes.
"Bu—" Eulalio cuts Eduardo's sentence, clearly not comfortable discussing this in front of other cops, and asks, "Son, why don’t we get in the car and discuss this on the way?"
Eduardo gives a glazing look and turns to his father and says with a pissed-off face, "Of course, let’s go and do what THEY have to do."
