"Honestly," after barely calming himself down, Klein looked at Alice and said through gritted teeth, "I—you—you need to warn me before saying something like that next time, okay?"
Alice blinked her eyes and solemnly nodded. "I'll try."
"...The fact that only three angels have wanted to kill you so far is truly a miracle." Klein gave the same assessment as Amon.
Alice blinked her eyes and analyzed seriously:
"Maybe just one? Adam very obviously didn't want to kill me, right? As for Amon... uh, actually, I don't think Amon intended to kill me. He might have just wanted to...
"Play with me?"
Klein thought for a while before asking a soul-searching question, "Are you a toy?"
Alice hesitated before saying:
"W-well, not entirely?
"I think that when He saw those things, He was probably still a little... uh, a little shocked."
"What kind of thing?" Klein asked doubtfully.
Alice fell silent for a moment, then said with complete sincerity, "No, there was nothing."
"Alice," Klein frowned at her, "are you hiding something very important from me?"
"Absolutely not," Alice swore to the heavens. "I just think you'll hit me if you find out..."
"...Now I'm really a little worried." Klein looked at Alice weakly.
Alice's gaze flickered as she said:
"Ahem, let's talk about something else.
"I think I saw Trissy."
"Hm?" Klein was indeed distracted. "What happened?"
"Don't know." Alice spread her hands. "I didn't dare look, you know."
Klein froze, remembering Alice's attitude when she had first seen him, and did not press on further.
Seeing that Klein seemed to have nothing more to say, Alice slapped the table and put on a solemn expression.
"Great Detective James Holmes, I have a commission for you." [Note 1]
Klein fell silent for a moment at that form of address,