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[There's a ~~not~~little boy standing outside the Labyrinth. He seems to be seriously debating whether or not to go in.]

If I keep my hand on one wall, I should be able to make my way out, even if I lose track somehow. And if there's dangers, I should be able to handle it. How bad can a maze be? Not like a large predator would be able to find all it's food in there unless there's a lot of animals...

[He's mostly talking to himself in this debate. He hasn't really talked to anyone that day. Too bad or he might have realized what's going on.]

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A typical answer, hoh.

-- No, Chibi-Battler, I was trying to get your attention. Does something seem off around here to you?

It keeps me from jumping at the first conclusion.

....

Yeah.

There's no turns.

Don't you think that's odd for a maze? [ cackle! ]

It is, but there's been no signs of a shifting wall either.

If there's no turns, it's hardly a maze, isn't it?

Yeah.

Something's...wrong. I'm missing something.

I wonder what that could be...?

[He's running a hand along the inner wall, walking slowly.] Even if it swung in, there should be.... [And then his hands meet air and he pauses.]

... [Moves a hand down, and feels the top of some bricks. Sticks his head through the hole.] So that's it...built up the bricks enough to not make the next trail obvious and match the lines so people don't notice there is a turn...

Very good, detective. You know what this means?

It'll be a lot harder to keep track of where we are and we probably passed a lot of turns.

[Pulls a button out of his pocket and sticks it on the wall. Then he drags his foot along the dirt, pointing the way they came.] But that's fine. Not the first maze I've been in.

Well, at least I won't get lost. I can turn into butterflies anytime I want. You've got quite a problem on your hands, though!

I don't. [Hops over the little wall into the next path.] I have a few plans on getting out of this place even if I get completely lost.

Such as? What's your plan...? I'm curious. [ doing the same-- hard to do in a poofy dress like that ]

[Will be polite and wait. Would help, but...you know. Is a midget.]

That button is a tracer that my glasses can trace. And the little girl from my world has a badge like I do and I can track that. If we get lost, I contact her if my tracers somehow don't guide us out and just keep heading in the direction she's in until we get out.

... How resourceful! Do you get yourself lost in winding passages often?

A few times, but usually I can find way out another way, but since I can't keep track of turns when they're hidden, this would be a more reliable way.

So you were ready no matter what when you came in here. And here I thought you were just in a recklessly daring mood.

After having to chase the Shonen Tantei on their treasure hunts, I've made sure to have a few plans in case we ever got truly lost. Especially after that one trip. I'd rather not wander lost with a gunshot wound again.

-- Ooh, you've been shot?

I've been shot at a few times. Suffered a few grazes. One time someone got a good hit in.

[Puts a hand on his stomach.] We had to go deeper into a cave or they'd keep shooting at us. I stopped the blood temporarily, but I was bleeding for a while, even if it was a slower flow. Luckily Haibara and the professor got my message so there was an ambulance when we got out.

[Grimaces.] Still almost died. You can only afford so much blood loss when you're a kid my size.

Most would die. So there's another dose of luck and miracles on your side.

I guess. I only lived because Ran gave her blood for me right away.

At the time, she thought I was Shinichi. She had figured me out, but I was able to trick her again...

I wonder if that was for the best...

... Ah. Such strong human bonds. I'm used to them being so flimsy.

...a bond can be as strong or as flimsy as we make them.

Ran and I have a strong bond. [Running a hand along a wall as they walk to not miss another possible turn.] Despite how insane the conclusion is, even though I give fake proof time after time that 'Conan' is not 'Shinichi,' she finds the similarities too much to ignore.

And even when someone appears before her as Shinichi...she can't help, but worry about Conan. At least according to Hattori. She cares and holds an unwavering faith that we will be together again, she would forgive me even for lying to her so long, and yet I keep doing it...

All to keep her from getting involved with my stupid mistake.

... And now, you're farther away than ever. You won't believe me that you're off your own planet, but this is truly, and wholly, another kakera.

But I suppose distance does little to waver things like that. It makes demons envy humans.