Mm. [Erika looks down at her hands, dirty from all the digging she's had to do over the last two weeks, and she allows Mio's words to float in her mind.]

I don't think you could really do what I do, not in the long run. Being a detective takes a certain type of... character. [And not a very nice one. Someone like her. Someone heartless and cruel. Wasn't that the problem that Battler-san ran into so many times? His inability to distrust? His eagerness to set all the weapons down and be friends, like it was all just a big joke.

It was of course, it just so happened to be at their expense. And hers as well.]