That... sounded really implausible. On the other hand, he was currently three feet shorter and ten years younger than he should be, and he was walking on a train traveling through an endless void. His definition of the impossible had taken a lot of editing this last year.

A real child probably would have been far more enthusiastic about the potential of a world with people with powers protecting it. (He'd suffered through enough Kamen Yaiba episodes with the kids to be sure of that.) But Conan just couldn't find the energy to put on that act at the moment.

"What do they protect the planet from?" He keeps speaking in the cheerful and curious tone that he'd found got him the best results when interrogating unsuspecting adults.