Daneel enters, though it's strange for that courtesy to be extended to him.

"How might your methods differ? I would not wish to interfere with the process that you find successful. That would not be productive."

Surely not. He knows partner Elijah's methods, but certainly they were not the same as every member of the police force. They had been good, after all, but they had been his own. And Dirk... well, Dirk is not partner Elijah. That is very clear.