[Thankfully Bush knows that tone. He's heard it used before. When Horatio was exceptionally angry with him and attempting calm. Like after the shell incident, where he went leading him on through what had happened like a father with a stupid child.]
A very poor attempt, sir.
[He wasn't demeaning himself, merely the reception it had gotten.]
January 21st - action
A very poor attempt, sir.
[He wasn't demeaning himself, merely the reception it had gotten.]