[Sorry for the late-late-late reply! Do you mind backthreading enough to wrap things up?]

Kaito glanced at Dr. Wilson briefly, but then averted his eyes, taking great interest in the floor instead.

"Eight years ago," he answered after a moment. How strange to have been just talking about this to Yukari the other day, and now to be talking about it again. "There was a, uh... work-related accident."

He shook his head, and then faced Wilson again. "He was a magician, and I wanted to be just like him. I've always been following in his footsteps, but when he showed up this week, apparently alive, he was... well... a little different."