[The brief, short syllable gives him pause. Oops--that was completely the wrong move. He bites down the urge to apologize in Japanese, 'honto ni sumimasen deshita' and instead chooses his words carefully.]

I didn't mean to imply you were a corrupt element. There's a lot of overlap in my world, and probably everywhere, but there are always a few honest-to-God cops that you just can't bend and whose minds are always surprising. Pops, for example. I respect him, and its rare that we do work together. He usually barks that he 'doesn't work with thieves'.

My bad. Sorry.

But yeah, maybe if we draw up some plans and bring them up to Ginia or Selphie or whomever, we can get something rolling sometime.[another shrug, another sip of rum.

Another moment of watching, like he always is anymore.]