Then I guess Tama can just follow along with me and be a second pair of eyes or something. [Despite her initial fear of the ghostly cat, she's actually gotten rather fond of her at this point and can't bear the thought of her getting hurt even if she knows Tama is more than capable of taking care of herself.

Maybe.]

And if we play our cards right it won't come to that. We still need him able to talk not going into shock. [though she won't say no to some violence, it would be troublesome if he died before they could even interrogate him.]