[FFML] [C&C] Re: [Detective Conan][dark] Killing You With A Lie

[Aaron Nowack]

Starting off C&C Catchup 2008 with something recent, before I start
digging into the depths of my inbox.

Now, where was that disclaimer...

Standard C&C Disclaimer:  All the below is my only occasionally useful
humble opinion, my only occasionally correct grammatical and spelling
corrections, and/or my only occasionally funny humor.

There we go.

The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:
> "Goddammit, Conan-kun! I want the truth!" Mouri Ran half-screamed,
> half-sobbed, wiping tears from her eyes with her fingers. The small boy
> standing just over an arm's length away shuffled his feet, bowing his head
> and looking distinctly uncomfortable.
> 
> "I've seen and heard so many things," Ran continued, sniffling. "Pictures,
> things that could've been coincidence but I know just aren't, strange words
> that don't make sense but sound really important, and the way you
> act...you're not a normal kid, not even close to normal, and the only thing
> that makes sense..." She trailed off. "Conan-kun, just tell me," she
> continued hoarsely, voice barely above a whisper. "Are...are you...?"

"...gay?"

But, more seriously, given the title I can see where this is going,
and... ouch.

> The boy stood indecisively for a long moment. This was it. He could tell
> her. He could deny it. He could evade the question. He could pray for a
> miracle.
> 
> Or he could kill her with a lie that was almost a truth.

Yeah.

> Ran gave a choked, wavering quail of a sob and collapsed to her knees; her
> body was soon wracked with heaving, racking cries of anguish.
> 
> Less than two blocks from the Mouri Detective Agency, the home he would
> never see again, Kudou Shinichi dropped to the sidewalk and cried along with
> her.

Again, ouch.

Not really much to be said on this one.  It's short, simple, and it does
what it sets out to do.

-- 
           Aaron Nowack
"Never let reality get in the way of a good hypothesis."
http://www.mimiru.net/