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[And there's a Kazuha, standing in the hall, having opened the door to what SHOULD have been her bedroom, only to find it was really leading into a hallway that CERTAINLY wasn't in her house.]

What in the...? [She looked back, seeing an empty study behind her.]

...eh? [And have a very confused Kazuha.]

[....]

[Oddly, she's in a black dress suit, complete with black ribbon.]

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You don't mean...magic transportation? Something that can't be explained with normal reasoning? [More .__.]

[Shrug.] I've already tried walking outside; go far enough in any direction and no matter what you do to make sure you're walking a straight line, you end up right back at this mansion.

Nevermind that there's a few other things about this place so far that...

Well.

Add up to fish. [So yeah, realized you'd correctly identified her yet?]

[Used to the strange she was, this was a bit...much. Especially when it's SHERRY, whose so...calm.]

...can you...show me? I think I might get it better if I see it.

[Deadpan]... To start with, my name is Haibara Ai. [That should be a good first clue.]

And as for showing you...let's take a walk, and remember that door to the study. [And now, to ... walk straight down the hallway.]

....eh? [WHY WAS SHE INTRODUCING HERSELF AS HAIBARA AI?!]

[S-she's not walking cause that definitely gave her a gwjnowirejwqoijewiqjewoij moment.]

[Aaand stops after getting a couple feet, looking back.] You said you wanted me to show you. This counts, right?

Or is the age difference throwing you that much?

But...

Haibara Ai is supposed to be a little girl! [Why would she...what?!]

And I was a little girl - things change with time, you know.

But...how?

Have you heard of alternate universes?

Because if you wander around here, you just might run into other people who aren't quite the ones you know.

Alternate...

That...

Is that what this place is supposed to be?

I'm not sure what this place is - I don't know that anyone really is. But there's a good number of people here that were "kidnapped" like us... [shrug] And I've run into a few that weren't quite the versions of themselves I know that knew enough to pass tests that they were who they claimed to be, just ... different.

....

Really?

[Well, well, well. And there was a shift, a more studying look.]

Then you might really be Ai-chan?

I certainly hope so, I'm not about to let something like this give me an identity crisis. [Smarm - the answer for so many things.]

[Holding unruffled ahead, and raising an eyebrow at that look.] It should say something that I recognized you, shouldn't it?

Anyway can recognize I know Ai-chan. Heiji and I are around those kids a lot in Tokyo.

[Oh, she could use this. If this was true, it would be SO much fun. And if it wasn't?]

[Well, she could deal with that too.] So, if you're really Ai-chan, how old was she when I met her?

That's where I know you from - trips to Tokyo visiting Conan, and occasional other invitations. [Well, that is what it was for a good while.]

And I was seven. Second grade.

[Quirks an eyebrow.]

That's only half right. You were definitely in the second grade.

[And that meant that this one knew.]

[Or seemed to point that way.]

[That didn't preclude tap-dancing a bit...]

That's a funny thing to say. How old was the version of me that you met, then, when you met her?

Well, she was definitely mature for her age.

Thought not as frighteningly so as I first thought.

[Amused shrug] That's not a very clear answer, Toyama-san.

I take it your version of me also had trouble "acting her age"?

[She actually snickers at that.]

That would imply she even attempted it.

Oh, wait...

I do remember her acting very cute in Miracle Land once.

But we also had bombs strapped to our wrists, apparently.

[She makes a small face at that.]

Is there something wrong with enjoying having a normal life occasionally, especially when it might be your last day on Earth?

Or well, mostly normal, right up until there was that altercation with that idiot thief.

The fact you were working under orders to keep us safe? I can't think it was too much fun, even before Ayumi was grabbed.

[It was a gamble. She didn't know who told Haibara to keep them away from the roller coaster. When she heard about what almost happened to her, it all seemed obvious, but it was possible she was wrong.]

... That ... no. But around keeping people away from the roller coaster, there was some time here and there where it was almost a regular day out at the amusement park; sometimes you have to take what you can get.

[shrug] So what did you mean about not being seven?

[Shrugs and starts walking towards her and then past her, further down the hall.] Well, if ya don't get it...

Hmm, by the way, I'm thinking of making a dish. [Looks back.] Think this place has some cooking sherry? [It was an innocent statement, but she could take it as a test, to see if this Haibara 'knew' what that meant.]