[It's the tiger-now-lion that gets Kim's attention from elsewhere in the shop, but once his eyes are in that direction, Kotetsu's words register a few moments later.]
Shopping for a family member, I take it?
[It's a little more tactful than making a more specific guess.]
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Shopping for a family member, I take it?
[It's a little more tactful than making a more specific guess.]
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It helps make things a little easier, thinking we'll be getting home soon.
[ He sets the dress down, though. ]
I'm pretty sure my daughter would say my taste is out of date if I brought it home for her.
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Almost certainly. My advice would be to avoid gifting clothes to younger girls. Whatever the choice, it will be determined to be terminally "uncool."
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Are you speaking from experience?
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[A fact that seems to make him instantly tired, as if the memory itself is sucking out his life energy.]
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[ Teens will do that to ya. ]
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That sounds like it'd be really rough. I'm sure you saw a lot of tough cases.
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I was happy to get moved to Homicide in recent years, where I wouldn't have to deal directly with so many troubled youths...
... but now, here we are. In trouble. With a lot of youths.
[Welcome to Juvie Hell........ 2!]
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[ He frowns at that. ]
They all seem like pretty good kids, too.
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[Even some of the punks actually seem like pretty good kids? Damn it.]
I'm not sure what we've all been roped into here, but it's... worrying, to say the least.
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[ While mass kidnapping is pretty awful, he hopes it's limited to just that. ]
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By the way, I don't believe I've gotten your name, Mr...
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[He won't tell him to call him Kim. But he won't tell him to not call him that.]
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