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There is, in a hallway, a small child. He looks to be about seven years old. He looks to be a Kaito. He also looks rather confused and lost and startled.

He isn't going to introduce himself as Kuroba Kaito though, and he isn't going to be performing any magic tricks for you.

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A sudden grin. "You really are Ran-neechan! She says the same type of thing!"

The karateka is quiet for a moment, trying to think of a way to verify whether she is his Ran or not. There is a chance she just hasn't met him yet.

"How old is your Ran-neechan?"

"She's seventeen. So, ten years older than Niisan and me."

Hands in his pockets, smiling up at her. Ran-neechan, yay!

An apologetic smile, and Ran shakes her head again.

"I'm going to be nineteen this year, Edogawa-kun. I've never met you."

"... ... But... you'll still be nice to me, right? Even though you don't know me?"

She's surprised by the question. "Of course! Why wouldn't I be?"

"I dunno." Edogawa Maurice was the one who asked all the (occasionally odd) questions.

Ran gave him a bemused look. "You can come to me if you ever need any help here, okay, Edogawa-kun? I'm sure all the other mes wouldn't mind helping you, either."

"How will I know if it's you?"

"Well..." Hm. "One of the mes here is a boy, and the other me is a bit... paler and thinner, and a little younger. But if you ever want to make sure, just ask me if I know about an internet community that connects different worlds."

"... A Ran-niichan?"

"Yeah! Weird, huh?"

Ran didn't seem particularly bothered by the idea. It was bizarre, but she'd had time to get used to her male alternate.

"I guess it could be more weird. Maybe."

This Ran was from a world where he wasn't shrunk, where the internet connected different realities. That was almost stranger than a male Ran.

A pause, then a startled expression. "Does Niisan have a crush on Ran-niichan? Because he has a crush on my Ran-neechan."

"Conan-kun?" Ran asked incredulously. Why would Conan-kun have a crush on her? He was only seven!

Unless...

...he was Shinichi.

(Which had completely different implications that she wasn't going to think about, because if she did, she just knew she'd start blushing.)

Ran's expression gained a shade of suspicion as she peered at Maurice. She knew Shinichi didn't have any twin brothers --

-- well, except for the ghost Shinichi, he had Conan as a little brother --

-- but they weren't really twins --

-- whatever, Maurice still looked a lot like Kuroba-kun had when he'd shrunk.

But how could she prove it one way or the other?

Come on, Ran, think!

... well. That was the entirely wrong thing to say. And time to attempt a coverup!

"Ayumi-chan was the one who noticed it, and then I kinda started teasing him about it. He turns a pretty great shade of red."