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[modernholmes]

[It hadn't taken long for Shinichi to head straight into the first disaster.  Less than a day after arriving in Olympus he had burned himself on Phlegethon's flames.  And now all he could think of was Ran.  All the pain he'd caused her.  All the guilt of the lies he'd told.

Feeling like this, there was no way he could take any joy in his true age.  And so he had shrunk back into Conan and found an isolated corner to sit and brood.]

....I'm sorry, Ran.

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[modernholmes]

[Conan watches dully. Even as he brooded, the part of his mind that was the detective cataloged everything about his surroundings and the clues in the other boy's appearance.]

[thesecondcoming]

[ And Karkat snaps to attention. ]

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT.

[modernholmes]

Everything.

[thesecondcoming]

HA HA HA HA HA
ACTUALLY FORGET IT
FAKE LAUGHTER IS BEYOND ME RIGHT NOW
ACTUALLY I CAN'T MUSTER UP A FUCK ABOUT ANYTHING, WHICH IS PHYSICALLY SHOCKING
BECAUSE USUALLY I HAVE THAT DOWN TO A PAT

[modernholmes]

Is it so strange?

[thesecondcoming]

YES.
BECAUSE USUALLY I CAN SHAKE THE FUCKING HEAVENS WITH HOW ANGRY I GET.
AND A DIVERGENT TIMELINE
A DOOMED TIMELINE
AFTER ALL THE SHIT I WENT THROUGH TO AVOID THEM
SHOULD BE EVOKING THE WRATH OF TEN THOUSAND MES NOW THAT I'M HERE TO BABYSIT HUMANS

AND INSTEAD ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS HOWSDLFGK;DF
NEVERMIND.

[modernholmes]

[Conan gives him a disbelieving look.]

Have you ever considered anger therapy?

[thesecondcoming]

WHY?
I'M THE ONLY SANE PERSON I KNOW
YOU DON'T FIX WHAT ISN'T BROKE.

[modernholmes]

I'll take that as a no, then.