Kanji sighs. "Look, if the kid's told you his story then you know the cops woulda had no reason to just take my word for it, right? But that's not the kinda thing you just walk past." It's not kids he has a problem with, especially not kids that would've reminded him a little of himself.

"I understand enough to work with for now." Mostly that Inaba's even emptier than usual, Mom's not here and there's timeline bullshit. But Kanji can work on the rest with time.