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I think you should give him a small win too show off his best. Maybe the detective is too depressed to do well at solving crimes, but he can still manage something small day to day. Let him solve ...
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I think you should give him a small win too show off his best. Maybe the detective is too depressed to do well at solving crimes, but he can still manage something small day to day. Let him solve who is stole his newspaper. Let him be so confident that when confronting his neighbor, the neighbor tries to deny it, but then confesses under the sheer evidence, and the confidence at whit it's delivered. Show him in his best doing this trivial task and then go back to moping about not having a case.