[ And it works -- mostly, anyway. The laugh she gives this time is a warmer one, a real one, even if it still comes out sounding like a real effort. ]

No, I don't blame you at all, I just... I was just thinking. It sounds so much like the exact kind of thing I'd expect you to do.

[ It's... reassuring, in a way. That, even as a tiny, scrappy little boy, that was still the kind of person Junpei was. ]

That was almost like... your first case then, wasn't it? Your first investigation.