Miss Mouri never takes the easy route. He can't help but admire that resoluteness of purpose even as he hastens to reassure her that it is not necessary.

"It is not what you fear." Too presumptious? She can scold him later. At last enough of the bandages have loosened that Shinichi's face is visible, wan as Ran's own and thin -- gruel may be the only substance able to pass through such of the patients as still have interest in food, but it does not do much for an active and inquiring young gentleman -- but very much alive. "It is necessary for my continued presence at the Grand Sanatorium that I blend in."