“Do you think..” Tap tap, while he was playing his game, he began to speak up with the detective. Not making any eye contact whatsoever. But he of course spoke anyways while focusing on his game a little more.
“What kind of monsters are really out there, Detective Shuichi? Humans… Animals… Hybrids.. There really are a sort out there. But really, in your words. What makes a monster a monster?”
"Hm...?" Shuichi didn't mind that Pochi wasn't looking directly at him. He seemed very focused on his game, and he didn't want to unnecessarily make him have to look at him, since the young boy can clearly still talk while still playing his game.
"Ah: monsters...?" Shuichi really couldn't say he's seen literal monsters of any kind before, but he's seen his fair share of monsters in the figurative sense before. Which, at times: could still be just as terrifying... "Well..." He begins, closing his eyes in thought. "That's true... there really is a lot out there. Our world is a very big one, after all... full of many unknowns. Who knows what could be out there... things or people that very well may be scary like monsters."
At his second question, Shuichi opens his eyes to look at the boy once again. "What makes a monster a monster...? Ah, well: if you mean in the metaphorical sense... I mostly think of people. When someone is just... so ugly inside: a heartless person who doesn't care who they hurt, will do horrible things for their own gain without remorse. People like that, truly are monsters... maybe even moreso than actual monsters. That’s... what I believe, anyway.”
