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[spoilsfun]

Ran-neechan?  I'm going to be a little late for dinner. I'm visiting the professor right now, and I guess we lost track of time.

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[tuxedo_magician]

.... that explains it then.

[spoilsfun]

Explains what?

[tuxedo_magician]

Why you don't remember me.

[spoilsfun]

And why is that, apart from the obvious?

[tuxedo_magician]

We haven't met yet. Not formally, at any rate.

[ Totally not going into how f'ing weird this is, though. ]

[spoilsfun]

That's exactly what I've been trying to tell you.

[tuxedo_magician]

Yes, well, we could still be rivals.

I fear thing would be boring without, Tantei-kun.

[spoilsfun]

Are you that bored?

And I can't be your rival. I've got too many other things to do right now.

[tuxedo_magician]

Hakuba and Nakamori-keibu... they don't have the ability to keep up with me the way you do.

Surely you need some sort of break from the murders.

[ And the hiding. ]

[spoilsfun]

[Look, if he wanted to hunt down those guys in black and get a sample of the drug within the next month, he didn't have time to play around with thieves. ]

I can't possibly be the only detective in Japan that gives you a challenge. Go bother someone else.

[tuxedo_magician]

[ Hahah, yeah, about that Conan.... ]

There's a reason the papers have dubbed you the KID Killer, you realize.

[spoilsfun]

[He'll be getting back to his normal life any day now, okay? ]

...Who came up with that one?

[He really preferred modern Holmes. ]

[tuxedo_magician]

The papers, I believe. You know how the press is, they like to make up nicknames for everything. Look at the Heisei Holmes, for instance.

[ Just so you know that KID really does know who he's talking to, Tantei-kun. ]

[spoilsfun]

...How did you find out?

[tuxedo_magician]

[ There's a part of him that would play this off, pretend that Conan is talking about the whole 'KID Killer' nickname and keep it at that.

He doesn't though - while Conan might not know, KID knows how much they'll go through together, both on the same team and against each other, and he has a healthy respect for the detective. ]

About you?

Simple, I listened.

[spoilsfun]

Listened to what?

[As far as Conan knew, only Agasa knew what had happened to him. Had this been his own fault for being too obvious?]

[tuxedo_magician]

You are not very discreet when you believe you are alone, Tantei-kun.

[spoilsfun]

[Great. So it was his fault. ]

....Noted.

[The future may have just been changed. ]

[tuxedo_magician]

[ Probably not, because KID didn't tell him where or when it happened. ]

If it makes you feel better though, it does work out slightly in your benefit.

[ Because he helped convinced Ran that Conan and Shinichi are two separate people. You can thank him later. ]

[spoilsfun]

[He's still going to be more cautious now.

If he doesn't get carried away and forget. ]

How so?

[tuxedo_magician]

Let's just say... it's rather easy to disguise as someone who's not around very much.

[spoilsfun]

Adding identity theft to your crimes?

[tuxedo_magician]

When you think about it, that's probably among the more minor of my offenses.

[spoilsfun]

That isn't really a good argument for anything.

[tuxedo_magician]

It's helped you out in the past.