[ it's easy when you know how to read a person -- it's a gift, or a curse, no matter how you look at it. saiga would've been able to make out his family history immediately, but at least kogami's got it half-right. right? ]

Ah. [ it doesn't explain the faded callouses on his hand. the last vestiges of a familiar accent that clicks in the back of his mind, sending nostalgia bubbling to the surface. gramps had a similar lilt to his words, too, as it turns out. and callouses don't really go away when you get them as a child. ]

You did some work fishing, too. When you grew up in Okinawa. [ home. but then kogami realises how coming up like this seemingly out of the blue can unnerve people, and he offers a semi-apologetic shrug. ]

Sorry. Occupational hazard. I used to be a detective.