"Always the small things, because if you wait for the big ones, you'll be disappointed plenty of times," he answered with a smile, even if he was starting to sound like his father and that was a scary proposition.
Mike shrugged. "Maybe because the illusion of normality is better than the awareness of the hardship. People will believe anything. They will believe that some psychotic killer who only cares about himself suddenly cares about them. Family members who would swear that their son, father, brother, uncle couldn't possibly be the person who killed ten people. It's human nature."
He thought for a moment. "You're right. We get close to our cases. We get close to the victims and the suspects, but a fire hurts as much as a killer. You just have to get more creative to blame someone. The person that set the fire, the landlord that didn't fix the electric system, the club owner that hired contractors without licenses to save money, the arsonist that enjoys the pretty flames. You can't tell me that you haven't suffered any losses from a fire."