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[holmes_fanatic]

[The feed is at first obscured by an indistinct shape. It is moving and in shadow, but that is the extent of what is clear. Then the figure moves forward a little, bending over what seems to be an armchair. As he inclines, the familiar backdrop of the library shelves is revealed, as well as a small arm, dangling uselessly and incongruously from the

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[tsundullahan]

[[-Edogawa-kun..!]]

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[holmes_fanatic]

[Conan is slow to stir, slow to wake, slower still to notice his watch and the flashing light that shows that a message has been received. Celty is treated to a yawn and a bemused stare before Conan picks up the watch with a frown.]

Ah -- Celty-san.

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[tsundullahan]

[[Thank goodness- he's returned you...

Are you all right?]]

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[holmes_fanatic]

[Conan appears to need a second to think about that. Returned? All right?]

Ah -- I think so. He doesn't--

[Conan suddenly seems to realise where he is, scrambling to unsteady feet on the chair and looking around urgently.]

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[tsundullahan]

[[Edogawa-kun...??]]

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[holmes_fanatic]

[Whatever Conan is looking for, he doesn't find it and he relaxes, turning back to the watch.]

I'm all right.

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[tsundullahan]

[She appears relieved to hear that, at least.]

[[What happened? That man they call the Watcher said he'd taken you...]]

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[holmes_fanatic]

We were underground a long time -- there was the Watcher and the Interloper too but he wasn't allowed to hurt me ... [But he wanted to. Even in Conan's confusion, the memory of that enmity is enough to make him shiver.]

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[tsundullahan]

[[What did they want with you?]]

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[holmes_fanatic]

[That is a very good question. Conan has to think about it seriously.]

I don't remember-- there were books?

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[tsundullahan]

[[...books?]]

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[holmes_fanatic]

All the books that aren't in the library ...

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[tsundullahan]

[[What do you mean?]]

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[holmes_fanatic]

They're gone, all the histories, the Atlases, everything of this world. [Conan's getting excited now.] I was sure that they'd been removed deliberately, that it was significant -- I was right! It was the Watcher who took them all, anything that might give us a clue to the circumstances of this world. He's got all the books under the city, with him and his brother in the heart of the city.

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[tsundullahan]

[[He took them all? How thorough of him- were you able to look through any of them at all?]]

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[holmes_fanatic]

[Conan nods excitedly.] I was-- [He comes to an abrupt halt.] That is -- I think I read them, but I -- I remember reading ...

I don't remember what I read.