There was a month or two between her defending herself and him deciding to take up arson, but that's the jist of it. Any of this actually helping you out?
...I'll see what I can do. If you tried you could pass it off as defending yourself and her. [Self-defense usually requires the threat to be immediate, but not always he thinks...]
And for god's sake, if you don't end up rotting in a cell for the rest of your miserable life, come talk to a cop if anything like this ever happens again. Me, even.
[ Yato nearly tells Ichirou not to bother, but best not let a cop know you plan on springing yourself out of jail, no matter how many favors he's doing you. Yato opens the beer, listening to the pop with satisfaction before taking a swig.
Normally he'd let the conversation move on from here or end it completely. Maybe it's the offering that keeps him talking, or the company after another boring day in his cell. ]
So that one of you guys might catch him and there might be enough evidence to convict him? I don't really like those odds.
And maybe if it had been my husband this had happened to, I'd have done something similar. I can't say I've completely gotten over when I was a punk kid.
But at least give the system a chance to work, okay?
I was a stay-at home husband. Wife was really big on her career.
...So much she decided she liked it more than me or our kid.
So I had to find a job and didn't know what to do, I didn't have any skills. I barely graduated high school. I decided to become a cop, partially for money, yeah. But also cause I wanted to help make a safer world for my kid, okay?
[ What a question from the guy who met Yato drunk at Prom... Yato gladly plucks up another thing of beer. He'll save it for when he's feeling especially out of his mind. ]
Much obliged, Gumshoe. I gotta make my fun in here somehow.
[ He withdraws to sit back on his cot, wasting no time in getting cozy again. ]
Arrest some more schmucks for me, would ya? It's real quiet in here and I could use some neighbors.
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Why'd you try to kill that guy. That wasn't spur of the moment. You got a weapon and you really wanted him dead.
Motives matter, so tell me.
[He can think of a couple times when if he had had a sword...so he's trying to be helpful.]
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[ But he won't deny that having the sword was very convenient for his purposes that day. ]
He burned down my friend's apartment and tried to kill her.
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[ gawd ]
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[Well, he notes to investigate that NPC very thoroughly.]
Anything else.
Is this part of some long string of events.
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What kind of long string of events are you talking about?
[ Cuz like. Maybe. ]
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Before you ask, I'd never met him before that. It was just a job for him. Nothing personal at the time.
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[Just fucking great, this is turning into a conspiracy.]
So lemme make sure I'm clear here.
He breaks in to get you. She defends herself, he gets mad and tries to burn her place down with her in it, you decide to kill him. That about right?
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Why'd they come after YOU anyway?
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Just some boring stuff I was involved with before I moved here. They're like clingy exes.
[ He reaches again for a beer. Don't be stingy, Ichirou... ]
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...I'll see what I can do. If you tried you could pass it off as defending yourself and her. [Self-defense usually requires the threat to be immediate, but not always he thinks...]
And for god's sake, if you don't end up rotting in a cell for the rest of your miserable life, come talk to a cop if anything like this ever happens again. Me, even.
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Normally he'd let the conversation move on from here or end it completely. Maybe it's the offering that keeps him talking, or the company after another boring day in his cell. ]
So that one of you guys might catch him and there might be enough evidence to convict him? I don't really like those odds.
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I really do.
And maybe if it had been my husband this had happened to, I'd have done something similar. I can't say I've completely gotten over when I was a punk kid.
But at least give the system a chance to work, okay?
A chance.
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[ Granted, they were the couple days it took for him to get his research done. He leans a shoulder against the bars. ]
So you're some kind of streetwise cop? What made you get in with the law if you used to be such a punk?
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I didn't decide to be a cop until I was 24.
I was a punk in high-school, then uh.
I met a girl, and we kinda.. weren't responsible. So I had to get responsible in a hurry.
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I was a stay-at home husband. Wife was really big on her career.
...So much she decided she liked it more than me or our kid.
So I had to find a job and didn't know what to do, I didn't have any skills. I barely graduated high school. I decided to become a cop, partially for money, yeah. But also cause I wanted to help make a safer world for my kid, okay?
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[ Yato sips his beer. ]
So you're a big sappy dad. Makes sense. You're the softest cop I've ever met.
[ He doesn't mean it badly though, given by the distant, thoughtful look on his face. ]
You sure you want a crazed, hand-chopping samurai wannabe on the same streets as your kid?
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You're more likely to end up hospitalized cause of them then from me, champ.
...If I thought you were just some lunatic, we wouldn't be talking.
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You really are a sap.
[ It's weird. Ichirou has very little reason to give Yato the benefit of the doubt. In a way, he might have more faith in Yato than Yato does.
Yato points at the remainder of Ichirou's pack of beer. ]
Do I have more answers to trade with?
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Sorry, but you're out of things to barter with.
I didn't have to pull teeth though, so you can have a reward. [Which is a last one. He still has a couple, but he's not giving them up.]
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Much obliged, Gumshoe. I gotta make my fun in here somehow.
[ He withdraws to sit back on his cot, wasting no time in getting cozy again. ]
Arrest some more schmucks for me, would ya? It's real quiet in here and I could use some neighbors.