(He needs it. Badly. In my opinion, every Kaito does. But he’ll very, very rarely ever ask for it, because he feels he’s doing fine enough as it is and he really doesn’t like admitting that he can’t do something, whether it’s the Pandora search or something smaller scale. But even moreso for anything that’s probably going to get other people hurt if they try to help. And Kaito gets lonely, which doesn’t help him in trying to keep people away. To the point that, he’ll get close to people and help them, they’re not allowed to do the same if he gets a say in it.
But on that note, he does like helping those who he feels needs it. It usually makes them happy and he can ignore his own problems a bit more when he does. And as the manga has shown, if he takes a bigger liking to someone, he’ll go further out of his way too help.
It’s also, (in my opinion, I actually don’t know how it’d go over in actuality), made him a bit of a pushover. He cares too much. He’s not an idiot, and if he sees a bad situation, he won’t just let himself be completely walked on, but it’s why things like hostage situations or just anyone needing immediate assistance take priority over his job, in some cases. But only if it’s outside of his control. If he expected it or even planned it, then he has no problems. He’s softer than he should be, even if he can deal with things when he has to. And that both helps and hurts himself… People tend to like him easier, but then he’s also easier to take advantage of and get into trouble.)
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