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“What are you reading?”
“Scooby-Doo.” The girl reached for her book, and now Shelby recognized the characters on the front cover. “I read somewhere that mysteries can bring comfort during difficult times, and these are my favorite.”
“Why mysteries?”
“Because they deliver on a promise. A crime will be committed, or a murder, and then it gets solved. In Scooby-Doo, there’s some kind of supernatural phenomena that gets investigated. But they always solve the mystery in the end.” Her face brightened. “Did you know that during the London Blitz, when they set up makeshift libraries in the Underground shelters, the most popular books were Agatha Christie mysteries? When the world is falling apart, people can find comfort in stories where justice triumphs and everything makes sense.”
“I see.” Shelby was not entirely certain how she had come to be standing in a cemetery discussing murder mysteries with a strange girl, but it was honestly better than most of the conversations she’d participated in recently.
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Shelby Kahn meets Niko Sasaki. Written for the DBDA April Foolish Pairing Fest.