Characters: Conan, sort of ShinRa

Genre: Tragedy? A thought-provoking piece?

Crane

Ten thousand paper cranes decorated his hospital room, lovingly folded by the thousands of people he'd met over the years on his…well, Sleeping Kogoro's, many cases.

They made him feel a little better; through them he could see all of the lives he had touched.

Still…it stung…death—his death. He wasn't the only ten year-old to get cancer, but…he was pretty sure he was the only one to develop it in response to forcing his body to grow rapidly only to shrink once again.

And now, finally, he really needed to tell Ran.