Atsa Spotted-Horse:
Okay, bumped it up one.
He actually uses Rapport for that.It is noted as both the 'good cop' skill and as the go-to skill for social defense.
Welcome Branwen.
Dresden Files Your Story, page 129:
Social Defense
Empathy
Use Empathy as a defense in a social conflict (though it isn’t the only skill that can be used this way). In particular, you must use Empathy to defend against Deceit as you try to sort out truth from fiction in what you’re hearing.
I would recommend having Empathy on your skill list somewhere.
Director, thanks for letting me join your game! This is a character I've wanted to play for a while. I did get him into a game here years ago, but it died before the first scene played out.