Dictated

[deductiongeek]

 [Conan's voice was level. His word choice was no different than usual. Unless you knew him very well, or were an expert at reading people it would be impossible to tell that he had just been through a huge shock and disappointment.

Just like the Holmes he idolized, Conan was determined to remain calm and logical, even through the bitterness of the situation.]

Ne, is there anyone else here familiar with Tokyo? Or is there anyone here who was familiar with the cities we have been sent to before?

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[ensorceler]

I fear not.

[legacydeck]

I'm familiar with a Tokyo - but not quite so much this one, I'm afraid.

[madetosin]

I am quite familiar with Tokyo. I was born there, after all.

[deductiongeek]

Have you been out to look at this city yet?

[deductiongeek]

How is this Tokyo different from the one you know?

[deductiongeek]

That's okay! I'm just curious to know if anyone else is noticing the same things I did.

[ensorceler]

The same things?

[deductiongeek]

I tried to go home, but it wasn't there.

[ensorceler]

...It is a facade, nothing more.

[deductiongeek]

Worse than a facade. There are entire buildings and districts that simply aren't here. Or that have been replaced by other buildings.

[He wasn't bitter about this at all.]

[ensorceler]

I am sorry you cannot see your home, child. But it might be crueler yet to have it be so, to taunt you with a mockery of what could be, and family that is not really there.

[deductiongeek]

I should have expected something like this. The castle hasn't shown any kindnesses in the past.

[ensorceler]

...It is unfair to harden a child so young, but you are handling it with grace. Just do not forget that you can still find kindness in the world.

[deductiongeek]

[Conan appreciated the thought behind the sentiment, although he was not the child she thought she was reassuring.]

I'll be fine.

[Just one more bitter disappointment to lay on the castle.]

[ensorceler]

[ It's a somewhat empty sentiment, as she's pretty much numb from grief now, anyway. ]

Is there nothing here that you can find familiar?

[deductiongeek]

There are places I recognize. My entire home district is gone, and so are many of the buildings I remember. But other locations are here. Parks and landmarks and buildings.

[tapshoetomove]

This is my first time in Japan at all, actually. Are you looking for something, Conan?

[legacydeck]

Far newer construction, for one. I can tell where some of the old boundaries used to be, but I'd guess it's been decades since this place matched what I knew.

Or, well, if it was the real Tokyo, anyway.

[madetosin]

Not much. I intend to wander a bit further afield soon enough. Why do you ask?

[deductiongeek]

There are lots of changes from the Tokyo I knew.

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[hatedbyfanboys]

I know a few of the cities but not where they're located...

[ensorceler]

Places you once enjoyed?

[deductiongeek]

Places I've been to before. [He's gotten involved in cases in a lot of places over the years.]

[ensorceler]

Did you take pleasure in nothing from your home?

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[deductiongeek]

What do you mean by that?