Detectives from your home? [She catches the fact that he knows what the word means, but she isn't particularly surprised. If a kid that young is already interested in detective work, he has more brains than most people would expect.] I have a civilian consultant, too. He's supposedly here. His name is Castle.
Mmm, I know him. We talk about mysteries sometimes.
That's right. The person who takes care of me at home is a private detective. I'm his assistant! And I help the detectives with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police too.
[And by assist, he meant that he solved all of their most difficult cases for them. While tricking them into believing that the solutions had been their own ideas all along.]
[Conan hoped that would be enough, because he had never come up with an explanation for what kind of work his fictional parents did. Using the jobs of his real parents would be far too suspicious. Between his father the famous mystery author and his mother the retired actress, their jobs were far too high profile.]
[And Kate almost was one, too, until her mother's death changed all of that. People were drawn to what they did for a reason, so Kate didn't really buy the answer he offered, but she wasn't going to push it, either.]
Wow, that's quite the family business. [Reminds her a little of how Martha and Alexis help Castle back home. She's not sure when her own with with the NYPD became a family matter, but it definitely predated her and Castle becoming an item.] You get a chance to do a lot of that here?
....Not exactly. They don't live with each other, and they argue every time they meet.
[And yet somehow never considered divorce.]
Sometimes! There have been a few cases here. But its difficult, because there is no legal system or official police force here. And most of the people in the castle prefer vigilantism.
[Conan strongly disapproved of vigilantes. He'd seen too many murders that were the result of tragic misunderstandings. So many of them could have been so easily avoided if someone had just spoken to the police or waited until all the information was known.]
There have been several murders recently. And that is even apart from the other things that happen in this castle.
Seriously? Is there anybody that does anything about it?
[Because if there isn't, there certainly is now. Even if Kate doesn't have a badge to back her up, she's not going to let murderers run around unchecked.]
Or until someone get loses interest. There's no system to it at all.
[Conan had been frustrated about this for the last two years. He could solve the cases, but with no system of law there was very little he could do. Not when nearly everyone thought him to be just a overly intelligent brat playing detective.]
There was an attempt a few years ago to put something more formal in place, but it fell apart when no one could agree on what a proper punishment was.
So we got no one running things, no legal system and total anarchy. Great.
[Usually Kate hates politicians, but now's about the time where she feels like one might be useful. It's amazing to her that no one has gotten this place straightened out yet.]
That's it? They just get used to it? [She takes a deep breath and shakes her head.] Well, thanks for filling in some of the blanks for me. You've been really helpful. [It's not sarcasm at all, she's actually pretty impressed that someone so young could be so helpful.]
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[She did feel kind of bad about it, to be truthful. It was awkward having friends she didn't know even existed.]
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But nice to meet you again! I'm Conan Edogawa. I'm a first grade detective from Beika City in Tokyo.
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Kate Beckett, which you already know, obviously. First grade detective? That sounds precocious.
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[He wasn't even going to pretend that he didn't know what precocious meant.]
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That's right. The person who takes care of me at home is a private detective. I'm his assistant! And I help the detectives with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police too.
[And by assist, he meant that he solved all of their most difficult cases for them. While tricking them into believing that the solutions had been their own ideas all along.]
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[She legitimately interested, and at least it's a conversation that's taking her mind off her latent panic right now.]
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[Conan hoped that would be enough, because he had never come up with an explanation for what kind of work his fictional parents did. Using the jobs of his real parents would be far too suspicious. Between his father the famous mystery author and his mother the retired actress, their jobs were far too high profile.]
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[And Kate almost was one, too, until her mother's death changed all of that. People were drawn to what they did for a reason, so Kate didn't really buy the answer he offered, but she wasn't going to push it, either.]
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She's always really busy with trials. But sometimes Uncle Kogoro investigates things for her.
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[And yet somehow never considered divorce.]
Sometimes! There have been a few cases here. But its difficult, because there is no legal system or official police force here. And most of the people in the castle prefer vigilantism.
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Does the castle stay relatively safe even lacking an official legal system?
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[Conan strongly disapproved of vigilantes. He'd seen too many murders that were the result of tragic misunderstandings. So many of them could have been so easily avoided if someone had just spoken to the police or waited until all the information was known.]
There have been several murders recently. And that is even apart from the other things that happen in this castle.
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[Because if there isn't, there certainly is now. Even if Kate doesn't have a badge to back her up, she's not going to let murderers run around unchecked.]
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But there is no kind of legal or police system here. Even if we catch a criminal there is no court or prison. Only the dungeons in the castle.
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[She huffs.]
At least I did somethin' useful.
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[Conan had been frustrated about this for the last two years. He could solve the cases, but with no system of law there was very little he could do. Not when nearly everyone thought him to be just a overly intelligent brat playing detective.]
There was an attempt a few years ago to put something more formal in place, but it fell apart when no one could agree on what a proper punishment was.
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[Usually Kate hates politicians, but now's about the time where she feels like one might be useful. It's amazing to her that no one has gotten this place straightened out yet.]
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No problem! I try to help people out when I can!
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