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[It seems the dressing room is adding to its collection of Rans. What makes this one interesting? Well, let's see...

She evidently hasn't been taking very good care of herself, for starters. She's thin enough for it to be unhealthy, and her eyes are dull and tired-looking. Her clothes are rather plain and neutral, not the bright colours she usually favours, and her hair is suffering the same neglect. Her reactions seem to be affected as well. It takes her a moment to even realize that she's not where she's supposed to be, and it's with more surprise than anything else]

W-where... is this...?

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Thank you. [] Don't worry, you didn't do anything.

[He's hugging her tightly and trying to figure out what's going on. Okay, ignore upset feeling and think logically.

She's thin. Thinner than she should be, so this is something that's been happening a long time. Which means she's not the Ran he met here. Maybe new?]

Ran-neechan, do you know where you are?

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I'm dreaming, right? I saw Shinichi.

[Wait a moment...

Thinks it's a dream she saw Shinichi.

Far more depressed than he's seen his Ran-neechan or the other Ran-neechan. To the point of probably being hospitalized if she's not careful.

....oh, no.]

Can you...answer me this? Am I...Shinichi-niichan's younger brother?

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Un. Yukiko-kaachan adopted you a while ago.

[Oh no. No, no, no.]

...Shinichi-niichan...is dead...isn't he?

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Yes.

[This was a Ran-neechan he had hoped not to meet. This...wasn't how she should ever look.]

...it's not a dream, Ran-neechan. This...it's complicated, but...

I'm not your Conan. And...you can see that Shinichi-niichan here.

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It has to be a dream. Shinichi's not alive, Conan-kun.

....that's because he's not.

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You're not making any sense...

This isn't a normal place, Ran-neechan.

It's a place between dimensions, between worlds.

Like in mine...Shinichi-niichan was only ever my cousin and he never died and you...you didn't have to suffer like this.

Between... worlds...?

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People come here from different dimensions and...some of them are weird.

Like another version of me was someone who blew around in a space ship, helping worlds in danger.

And there was a Ran-neechan who was a niichan.

And....and then there's Shinichi-niichan from your world....

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This is just another weird dream. It has to be.

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If it's a weird dream...

Then it would be mine. Since I know I'm not a dream for sure. That I exist.

That means there's two possibilities. One, you're a figment of my imagination...or it is another dimension.

[Looks at her seriously, but sadly.]

Then, that means...it either won't ever be disappointing...or it is a real chance to get closure with that Shinichi-niichan.

[It was a weird logic, but it was he best he could make.]

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No. It's another dream. Even if he's here, I'm g-going to wake up and he's still going to be gone.

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Please don't do this, Conan-kun.

[And he's putting her hands on her shoulders, looking at her worriedly.]

It's not a lie...Ran-neechan. This is a different place. It's because of that you can see him.

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I can't see him, Conan-kun. I'm never going to see him again.

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This isn't home, Ran-neechan. Things...things are possible here, even if they're not back home.

And when I wake up?

Not wake up.

Go home.

...I don't know when you would. I've been here for a few weeks.

We can't stay here forever.

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...but you can have closure.

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