[ She gives a sort of sideways nod, because she knows he's not... too far off. ]

I've been doing some digging - or have been trying to - since they decided to make me an investigative reporter,

[ Something that always struck her as odd because they had to have known she would look. ]

and I haven't actually found anything incriminating. Nothing that really speaks of anything shady or a cover-up. The kind of shit I'm used to finding where I'm from. So, while I know you're not wrong, I still gotta ask: how do you know that?

[ Because for all she knew, they could just be that good at hiding things. But she's trying to be more open-minded here so... ]