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[A network, huh? Before doing anything, Conan had spent some time observing it. He couldn't help but find anything as convenient as this suspicious.

But even with all the information he had gathered so far, he was still stuck with far more questions than answers. There was no help for it. He was still suspicious, but using the network would be faster than tracking people down individually. And could possibly have the very useful side effect of establishing his reputation here as nothing more than a curious kid.

He opens up the communicator and deliberately fumbles around with it for a bit, before opening the connection and scowling childishly at the camera.]

The people who brought us here are really mean, aren't they? I didn't ask to go on vacation at all!

[Conan smiles, and proceeds to dig for information.]

Ne! So can anyone tell me more about this place! It looks a little like America, right? But it doesn't look familiar at all. And it seems like there are some strange things going on here. Are there really superheroes? But those are just in stories, right? Is it just people in costumes playing tricks?

[Sometimes Conan still couldn't believe that people bought this kind of act.]

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[Another person communicating through text, was it? Conan takes a moment to process the meaning of the message. It intrigued him a little. That was a much more advanced kind of thinking than many of the responses he had received.

But as much as he would have liked to reply at the same level, he had introduced himself as a kid. He had to keep that facade up, because it was entirely possible for one of them to be in this place somewhere.

How would an intelligent kid respond to something like that? ]

That sounds like a complicated way of thinking about it! What would a useful conclusion be?

A useful conclusion would be to avoid drawing conclusions based on names. Characteristics may be discerned by observation and will suit you better than making comparisons; comparisons breed assumptions and assumptions are always dangerous but especially so when uneducated. Better conclusion: you require a clean slate.

[Upon consideration, this guy might have some useful points. On the other hand, hadn't Holmes said it? We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination. It went against everything Conan understood of deduction to simply accept such things at face value. No, he would not accept that these improbabilities could be true unless he had first ruled out all other possibilities. There were far too many possible explanations for everything he had seen so far.

And why was this guy talking to a kid like this? Did he know? Or was there some other reason?

For the time being the safest route would be to play dumb. A normal kid wouldn't understand some of the vocabulary or concepts in these texts.]

Are you a detective? That sounds a little like some of the things Shinichi-niichan and Heiji-niichan say!

Consulting detective, effectively yes. Are you?

[No, Conan, he hasn't found you out — at least not completely. This wouldn't, however, be his first conversation with a hyperintelligent child since his arrival here, and the questions asked, while innocent in their delivery, are perhaps a little too pertinent. Maybe there's something in them which reminds him of himself as a child, maybe that's why he's deigning to respond and why he asks. There is of course another reason for the question: he has never been entirely inclined to believe that children are by nature useless. On the contrary, they make exceptional witnesses — and vastly more sense than adults.]

In a way. I'm a child detective. I've solved lots of cases at school and sometimes I help Uncle and the police.

[At least that was his cover story. No need to explain just who was responsible for the recent success of certain detectives and police officers. ]

Edited 2015-01-20 20:31 (UTC)

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