[Fifteen years old, and he makes it sound like he knew what he was doing.
What you have to remember about somebody like him, Josuke, is that he's not a child; he's a hardened criminal. That should be the only way you treat someone like that. Even if they're human beneath it all.
But a fifteen year old boy wasn't a hardened criminal. No matter how Crane paints it, whatever he'd done to his grandmother had been done out of fear. Josuke understands that much about him now. He'd needed more than just to feel like he had control. He'd needed to exert his dominance...to know with certainty that he wasn't going to wind up under her thumb again.
It pains him to consider what that might mean Crane did. And what it means for the man now. He's well into his forties, isn't he? He's lived a long time with what he's done. Has had years to shape it in the most comfortable way for his mind to accept. The way that makes him seem faultless.
Probably, he has no regrets because he's managed to convince himself that behavior yields results.
He's got his work cut out for him wanting to help someone like this. Especially when he remembers something else Crane said before.
The most you will receive for your efforts is to see them wasted.
He's afraid there's truth in that...but he can't give up.]
did you murder your grandmother, dr crane?
[His line of questioning remains as direct as ever, his choice of words deliberate.]
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What you have to remember about somebody like him, Josuke, is that he's not a child; he's a hardened criminal. That should be the only way you treat someone like that. Even if they're human beneath it all.
But a fifteen year old boy wasn't a hardened criminal. No matter how Crane paints it, whatever he'd done to his grandmother had been done out of fear. Josuke understands that much about him now. He'd needed more than just to feel like he had control. He'd needed to exert his dominance...to know with certainty that he wasn't going to wind up under her thumb again.
It pains him to consider what that might mean Crane did. And what it means for the man now. He's well into his forties, isn't he? He's lived a long time with what he's done. Has had years to shape it in the most comfortable way for his mind to accept. The way that makes him seem faultless.
Probably, he has no regrets because he's managed to convince himself that behavior yields results.
He's got his work cut out for him wanting to help someone like this. Especially when he remembers something else Crane said before.
The most you will receive for your efforts is to see them wasted.
He's afraid there's truth in that...but he can't give up.]
did you murder your grandmother, dr crane?
[His line of questioning remains as direct as ever, his choice of words deliberate.]