Walter frowned when she responded to his question with a rather rude 'why' before asking another question. One thing he didn't like was rudeness but she was no subordinate he could bring to task. Deciding to not react to her rudeness Walter watched her without expression for several moments before speaking.

"Not part of my job to arrest those simply putting up posters proclaiming their views," Walter responded. At the moment the only crime the woman could be committing was littering or defacing town property but that would be a very weak case. Either way, such petty crimes were not in his authority to enforce anyway. "As for applauding the protester, not my intention neither. I read one of the posters and in truth I don't see why anybody would be offended by the precaution."