Despite Tony's frantic efforts and seeming early progress, the knots around his ankles had refused to loosen any further. He was now using his teeth to tear at the rope around his wrists.
That doesn’t sound…good. Shouldn’t Lois be using a piece of wood on the perp’s head right about now?
Barry getting a nervous trigger finger could have gotten awkward there.
"Why did you try to shoot my daughter?" he asked.
"Because she was going to ruin everything."
Sounds reasonable. I think we can let him go now.
"How long have you worked here?"
"Nearly three weeks."
"Have you been sanding walls? Cutting through the plaster?"

Michael