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[agoodfamily]

[Someone made a post about Christmas just as she was waking up, and it inspired her. So her face appears, flushed and sweaty but smiling gently, and behind her is Heimdall's kitchen table absolutely loaded with food. It looks like it should be groaning under the weight.]Hi, everyone, it's Nakama again. Somebody mentioned that it's the holidays, and

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[holmes_fanatic]

Ha -- you really weren't kidding! That's a lot of food!

[Conan is tugging on his jacket as he speaks.]

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[holmes_fanatic]

I don't think there'll be a problem with that! 'Sides, it's nicer eating with people, don't you think?

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[agoodfamily]

I'm kinda used to eating alone. Mom wasn't up before I left for school, and she was usually working through dinner. We got a few meals together, of course, but mostly it was just me.

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[holmes_fanatic]

You didn't have lunch groups at your Junior High?

[It hadn't been until he'd reached high school and school lunch had no longer breen provided that the division of the classroom into lunch groups had stopped for Conan. But if Nakame had gone to a private school, or was from a different Japan ... ]

I usually eat with Ayumi-chan, Genta-kun, Mitsuhiro-kun and Haibara. Ayumi-chan's shorter than me! She's ... the only kid in our grade who is shorter than me. Mitsuhiko-kun likes science and insects. Genta-kun's really big and bossy. He decides what we do and always goes back for second helpings of rice. He likes Karmen Yaiba and eel rice-bowl. Haibara's kind of quiet but she likes animals.

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[agoodfamily]

Oh, I... just didn't really count that.

[Her expression is very dark for a moment. The girls she sat with ignored her, at least, they weren't the worst of her bullies.]

It sounds like you guys got along pretty well.

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[holmes_fanatic]

[Conan's expression is sympathetic. He liked his team mates in the soccer club well enough and he'd enjoyed the banter with his class mates but -- well, apart from Ran, he'd not really had any friends in his own year group ... not until becoming Conan.] The kids at my last school weren't very nice either.

Ah -- no past tense! I'm going to see them again, Nakama-neechan!

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[agoodfamily]

[She's surprised that he picked up on so much from a simple frown, and for a moment it makes her uncomfortable. But he's not asking, or prying - just sharing a moment with her. So she offers up a small smile.]

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[agoodfamily]

Oh - oh, of course. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

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[holmes_fanatic]

Ah, don't apologise! It's kind of easy to feel overwhelmed here.

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[agoodfamily]

I think of everything in the past tense already. It can happen so quickly...

[Of course, she's dead. But like Kainé said, if she's alive, there's still hope she could return.]

It's a habit I should break.

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[holmes_fanatic]

[I think of everything in the past tense already ... It struck Conan as odd and he was determined to remember it.]

Ah, it's too early for New Year's resolutions yet!

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[agoodfamily]

[That's such a cute reaction, and it gets a little giggle out of her.]

Well, at least now I know what mine will be. How about you, do you have one?

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[holmes_fanatic]

Does solving this case count?

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[agoodfamily]

I don't know, doesn't it have to be something you can control? If you never get any information, you won't really be able to...

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[holmes_fanatic]

That's true ... I'll have to keep thinking of a good one!

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[agoodfamily]

It'll be different here. No shrine, no bells ringing, none of the usual food... did you usually go to a shrine for New Years at home?