"Yeah, I guess so," said Heiji, looking a bit pleased despite herself. "I mean, you wouldn't normally just pick anyone off the street and make 'em solve something like that. So I guess she must've heard about me beforehand."

And now he was just going to... lean over, with a a grin on his face. "Oh? So he called you, 'Hersh', huh? That's a pretty cute nickname ya got there."