@ erika

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[ She listens to Erika speak. She's quiet. Maybe the Detective would've liked talking to her, she thinks. Shinobu does the math herself, and...yeah. That sounds about right. ]

Mm. There's no way to really verify their claims until it happens.

[ ...however. ]

Did you and Makima strike up a deal or something? Why are you part of the executions now?

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When someone commits an act of murder it's the detective's job to rip their secrets from them.

[So. Nothing as sinister as that, just an egotistical desire to take credit for any future executions.]

It's the role I'm used to playing. I expose the criminal, my partner carries out the execution.

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Ah. I see.

[ She feels a little embarrassed for jumping to that conclusion, oops. ]

So this'll be a walk in the park for you. Well, we'll be counting on you, then, Detective -- got any investigation tips you'd like to share, or are those considered trade secrets?

[truthdefiler]

I like to leave it as a suprise~. A good rule of thumb? Everyone is lying to you unless proven otherwise.

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[ ... ]

Yeah. I get that. Especially now.

[ Even if all the doubt will eat away at her, she's used to being self-sufficient. ]

Thanks. ... We're counting on you.

[truthdefiler]

Never a good position to find yourself in, I'll be the first to admit.

[Detectives rarely help the situation, she finds.]

[hyperbloom]

You're probably one of the only people with investigative experience, if I had to guess.

[ Shinobu is clever, but she's never had to solve a murder. That was all Heizou's job, back at home. ]

I'll do my best, in any case.

[truthdefiler]

There's plenty of more modern mystery stories that involve inexperienced nobodies stumbling onto a crime scene.

[Is that encouragement????]