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The more he learned about it, the more the case made Kieran wary. No matter how desensitized to death the job had made him, even the werewolf found himself perturbed to find out that this Candy Lady seemed to exist solely to mutilate children with tableware. But more importantly, there were too many variables that he didn’t know. Things like the demographics that could potentially connect each of the victims, the exact nature of the disappearances, and the purpose behind the ritualistic slaughter. In other words, things that Miss Fuji likely didn’t know off the top of her head, so instead of joining in on the question portion of the briefing, Kieran kept to the sideline with his face scrunched up from concentration as he explored the various possibilities in his head.

So engrossed in his silent conjecture was he that Kieran hardly noticed his partner next to him until she slung an arm around him, causing him to visibly flinch in surprise. The werewolf blinked several times as he regained his composure, having been made all too used to the herboligist’s antics over the years, before he looked at DeVito with an eyebrow raised. While he appreciated his partner’s attempts to coax him out of his shell, the comfort that came from living in it was far too persuasive for him to get caught up in her playful teasing. After all, he had made it this far without getting too invested, why change now?

[color=slategray]”Muggles tend to ask significant others far less troublesome questions,”[/color] he replied rather matter-of-factly, not showing any of the embarrassment that he would have during his first year under DeVito’s wing. Back then, it had been far easier to make the socially inept wizard blush like a fool. [color=slategray]”Not to mention we may be able to get more information out of people by posing as a couple that is interested in settling down here but have heard some unsettling rumors surrounding the place.”[/color] Of the many frightening aspects that came with the job, one of the most insidious was how it made one become frighteningly comfortable with things like lying and manipulating people’s emotions to get the job done. Not that Kieran lost any sleep over the thought, but it was just one of the more interesting phenomena he couldn’t help but notice.

[color=slategray]”How does that sound to you?”[/color] he asked his partner plainly, his expression still holding true to his ever dispassionate self.