[why him............. why is it detective akehoshi time........... he got his dream day with his dad in december and then everything crashed in the new year this is some karmic retribution.]

That's easier said than done, Rio-chan~. I only guess right on stuff, see? I'm not some great detective or anything like that, I get too caught on one thing and then can't see the rest.

[it's happened before, and it'll always happen. it's a bad habit he can't break.]

But um, I sorta have to try a little harder than normal. It's true I could've held Macchi up, but I couldn't have hammered her there. I knew both of 'em, but I'd throw myself in the way of danger before I ever hurt a friend -- even if I can kill someone, I wouldn't wanna unless I absolutely had to.

[to defend himself, to defend someone else...]

But that's off track, um. Should we start from Hiroppi, or Macchi...?