[Video] Second Animus Data Fragment - Heed These Words And You Will Be Saved

[shirley_templar]

[Some might recognize the face that appears on the screen, though it looks significantly older than normal, and much more Jesus-like.]

Not that I don't appreciate the chance to enjoy my retirement, but what the hell?

[Desmond runs a hand over his face, stopping when he runs into the beard.]

The beard's kinda cool though.

[Voice]

[spoilsfun]

 [Conan had a problem. A huge problem.

Without knowing the reason, he had just returned to his true age.  In the few, few times before, there had always been a reason. Paikal mixed with a cold. An experimental temporary cure.

And there had always been pain. Ever since he had first been poisoned, every return to his true age had felt like dying.

This had been completely painless.

Was it possible- Could it be possible that something had neutralized the poison? Was it permanent? Or would it only last for a few minutes?

He was afraid to hope for too much. There had been far too many disappointments before.

And regardless, without knowing how long this would last, he could not keep pretending to be Conan.  One person spotting him, and it would be obvious that he was both new here and bore too strong a resemblance. Despite the risk of one of them spotting him, he needed to establish his other identity here. As a new arrival would be safest. He already knew that that was a common occurrence here.

And so it is that he makes a carefully calculated post over the handset.]

This is high school detective Shinichi Kudo.  I recently arrived here. Would anyone be willing to help me with a few questions?

[video]

[unetrustworthy]

[A six-year-old appeared on the screen.  Barely.  There was some movement below, like she was shifting a certain book being used as a booster, before her young face appeared in view once more.]

[That face wasn't happy.]

I don't know what's going on...but I don't like it.