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[refated_tantei]

This is Hakuba. I apologize for my absence on the communications network as of late. Has anything of note happened between the time we divided up into groups to search for the shards and yesterday morning?

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[onceaguardian]

If I heard right, more people than usual - including myself - have arrived here.

Besides that, I'm afraid I don't know much else.

[refated_tantei]

Welcome. I hope you are settling in well.

[onceaguardian]

It's not a bad town, as far as things go.

Ah right... I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm Bruce Wayne. It's nice to meet you.

[refated_tantei]

[It takes a several minutes for the detective to respond.]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Wayne. I'm Saguru Hakuba.

[refated_tantei]

I went home.

[refated_tantei]

Yes Kuroba. I'm kidding. I joke about extremely serious things quite often.

[whiteribboned]

Hakuba-kun . . .

Where have you been . . . ?

[refated_tantei]

I went home.

[whiteribboned]

Home, really . . . ?

. . .

You could at least have said something.

. . .

Actually, come to think of it, you've been doing a lot of hiding and skulking around lately, and I won't have it! We're all from the same world, Hakuba-kun; we should be sticking together.

[refated_tantei]

I didn't have much of a choice, Aoko-kun. I had no warning when I returned home, and I haven't been "hiding and skulking around".