Object
Toby's Desk Pen
Toby's fingers drum the pen against his desk in sharp, relentless taps after C.J. storms out—each staccato strike reverberates through the night-shrouded office, the slender tool twisting under grip pressure as agitation surges visibly from his trauma-scarred core. Simple metal or plastic barrel gleams faintly, now weaponized into a metronome of unraveling control.
1 appearances
Purpose
Writing instrument repurposed for rhythmic tapping to externalize emotional agitation
Significance
Telegraphs Toby's deepening post-shooting trauma and rattled psyche, punctuating fractured staff unity as fury over institutional failures boils over into solitary, percussive release
Appearances in the Narrative
When this object appears and how it's used