You say that, but he's intolerable to deal with on a regular basis. I don't know how my partner is fielding even a theoretically-temporary stint as his second-in-charge.

[Admittedly, that might just be due to how the Composer reminds him of his old self, the TV persona and the lying smile. His partner is weirdly unperturbed by the whole thing, but when Akechi had asked, the only response he got was I have practice which answered a great deal of nothing.]