Just so long as people don't think 'non-threatening' means 'easy target'. [ It's hollow advice, and Rook's tone suggests he knows that. He doesn't know how to find that balance. He smiles, and it's apologetic. ]

'Life with the possibility of parole,' [ he echoes the judge's sentencing. Too dangerous to be in public, placating (as well as he could) both the people that thought the junior deputy was a menace to society, and those that thought he was a hero. Neither were right, Rook thinks. Maybe.]