“Inspectaholic!” “Don’t kill him, Superfly,” said Tony, grinning broadly. “I know it’s pitiful, but he can’t help himself. Think of it as a free human freak show.” “Licorice Smellahole!” Not
this doesn't get tiring. on the contrary it's usually tension-rattling. I wonder if it would normally be irritating, say in the hands of a less skilled author. or, are we jaded to it like Tony and the different characters?
speaking of, I like how that's a feature of every person, the degree to which they are jaded about the tics. Like Tony completely ignores it but the detective is still responding earnestly to them (shut up, cut it out)
he hasn't yet done anything really obvious with it, like have Lionel blurt out a forbidden name or some clue to the investigation, or implicate himself. which is interesting. that's a very obvious route to take with Tourette's.
