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[His eighth birthday. His eighteenth birthday. He should have been getting ready to graduate and preparing college exams. But intead, he was still trapped in this same situation.

Nearly two years trapped in the castle like this without ever aging. Nearly three years since the day at Tropical Land. Since his life as Shinichi Kudo had ended and he had been forced to take on the identity of a child.

Three years of lying to everyone about everything. Three years of hiding his intelligence and constantly being condescended to.

Nearly a year and a half since he had last seen Ran. Did she still cry over him? Stupid Shinichi who had run off after a mystery and disappeared? Did she worry about him? Had she given up on him?

No, Conan didn't see anything about this birthday worth celebrating at all. Especially not with everything that had happened afterwards.

But even when all he wanted was to brood in his misery, he still had an act to perform. No matter how much he hated it.]

How is everyone doing? Is everyone recovering from the incident with the spaceship? Luke? Dairine?

Speaking of that, are there plans yet on what to do with the wreck?

[And with that said, Conan sets off for the library. Maybe burying himself in the world of Holmes again would improve his mood.]

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I'm all healed up - what about you?

I wasn't hurt. I was one of the ones asleep.

Consider yourself lucky then.

Why? What happened?

Someone happened on the space ship - people started hallucinating and attacking other people.

[Chell's sitting in the library, reading a book, when he wanders in. She notices him, looks up and shoots a smile in his direction, at the very least. She can't tell the kind of day he's having, so she gets up and walks over, not saying anything but flops down nearby.]

[He heads for the mystery section without saying anything.]

I'm getting by. How about you?

As for the wreckage, I'm hoping someone can fix it up. You never know when a spaceship might come in handy.

I'm fine. [Not talking about that.]

Is it really possible to fix something that damaged?

Conan. No one's "fine" right now. [That she can say with certainty.]

Sure. It'd take a lot of work and probably some spare parts, but it could be done. At the very least we could make it into some kind of bunker, so long as we get the hull fixed and door working.

I am. I slept through the whole thing.

A bunker I could see.

That doesn't mean it has no effect on you.

It would also be useful. You never know when we'll need to evacuate the castle proper.

It didn't.

That I can agree with.

Conan... [She sighs and puts up a filter.]

People died, Conan. A lot of people. You may have a good pokerface, but I know you're not heartless. [Or unobservant enough not to notice.] It must have impacted you at least a little.

Its already happened. There is no point in talking about it now.

[He didn't understand why she was insisting on talking about this.]

[Dairine rolls her eyes and continues.]

You know there are some benefits to talking about these things after they happen.

Only if you are talking about case discussion.

Not just case discussions, Conan. There are physiological benefits too.

Do you mean psychological?

Whatever.

The point is there's mental and emotion reasons to share your experiences. And, sometimes, feelings.

I've read all those theories. [He hadn't neglected psychology in his studies. It was useful for predicting the criminal mind.]

But I don't see a need for it.

Ah, of course. Because you do so well alone, is that it?

[Dairine doesn't buy it for a minute.]

Exactly. [Just leave him alone.]

Fine. Have fun with that being alone business.

[She slams the journal in a huff. Why the hell does she care if the brat wants to bottle up his emotions?! Let him suffer. Gonna go find someone who's not emotionally constipated to confide in.]

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