[Shuichi listens quietly, keeping his eyes on Kokichi for the entire explanation as the boy shifts around in his lap.]
[He feels safer with him? More comfortable, he'd understand, but safer? It's kind of hard to believe...Shuichi just isn't the sort of person who inspires a feeling of safety. Outside of murder trials, that is. He's not like Kaito, Gonta, Tenko, or Maki...hell, even Ryoma and Kirumi manage to have more of a protective presence than Shuichi.]
Really? Never?
[Hey let's talk about that last part, instead, huh?]
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[He feels safer with him? More comfortable, he'd understand, but safer? It's kind of hard to believe...Shuichi just isn't the sort of person who inspires a feeling of safety. Outside of murder trials, that is. He's not like Kaito, Gonta, Tenko, or Maki...hell, even Ryoma and Kirumi manage to have more of a protective presence than Shuichi.]
Really? Never?
[Hey let's talk about that last part, instead, huh?]