"Lots of kids still have their ears," Shannon pointed out with a shrug. It mostly bothered him because it bothered others. There was no real good reason for Shannon to have kept his ears so long aside from pure stubbornness to keep it going by this point in time. Even then, 'bother' was possibly overexaggerating. He knew it got attention, and therefore reacted appropriately to the sort of attention that it usually gathered. "Lots of adults aren't too fond of grown men who won't grow up, either."

Instead of seeming too bothered by it, Shannon grinned. "You're sharp. That's good, it'll get you far. Then again, out in blatant public might not be the best place to toss around baseless theories," he added. If they were going to speak about the possible hypotheticals of the case, doing so in public where the criminal may have returned to the scene of their own crime was not the best idea. Always better to display discretion when unclear ulterior motives might be involved.