"Consulting detective?" Heiji suggested dryly. "He's got the arrogance, lack of social skills, doesn't like explainin' himself, and he'd stay in his house and grow mushrooms if given half a chance. All he needs is a sidekick who was injured in Afghanistan."

Assuming Alfendi wasn't a shady jailbird uncle or something, who knew. "He could be a professor, maybe. One that mostly does research."