[There was an obvious twitch in his shoulders and he's shoving his hands into his pockets and not looking back. It's a good three minutes before he answers.]
...what I do, for those I care about, is make them feel better. Because Shinichi-niichan is unable to solve his case, people worry and become sad.
I hear so many questions that I want to answer, but I can't. Because in the end, what I do know, amounts to nothing.
[Because what was the use of knowledge if he couldn't use it? He couldn't tell Ran anything because it would put her in danger. And even then, she'd still worry.]
But they know I can't. So they don't dig into the wound and twist the knife. [Or thought he couldn't, at any rate.]
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Date: 2010-08-13 12:37 pm (UTC)...what I do, for those I care about, is make them feel better. Because Shinichi-niichan is unable to solve his case, people worry and become sad.
I hear so many questions that I want to answer, but I can't. Because in the end, what I do know, amounts to nothing.
[Because what was the use of knowledge if he couldn't use it? He couldn't tell Ran anything because it would put her in danger. And even then, she'd still worry.]
But they know I can't. So they don't dig into the wound and twist the knife. [Or thought he couldn't, at any rate.]