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notquiteheartless) wrote2012-03-20 10:32 am
notquiteheartless) wrote2012-03-20 10:32 am
Deduction 1 - [ written ]
[Sherlock Holmes has been on bedrest for about 48 hours.
However, when his doctor decides to go out for supplies and to see if any of the detective's clothes have shown up (it was either that or let the man get up and see himself, and apparently that was not going to be allowed)... the patient lets himself get up. Not much, just enough to make it into the sitting room.
Which is just as white-washed as the bedroom. Damn it.
Once he can stand to be on his feet for more than ten minutes at a time, those walls are getting painted or papered or something.
He's had time enough to read his Journal and the Guide it contains, and the system itself is straightforward enough. Something like a computer but not quite as efficient. Still, it's something.
It doesn't matter to him that his Journal is in his bedroom and John's is sitting out. It's John's he grabs and a pen nearby that he writes with, unaware of what was broadcast over the journals the previous day.]
I am aware that damage to the wings is ill-advised. However, I am curious: Seeing the distinct disadvantage that they pose, has anyone attempted to surgically remove them? Not ripping or merely cutting-- a proper medical procedure. An amputation. Has it been attempted? If it has, to what end?
SH
[After he's written out all of that, he starts on another project. To some, it may just be evidence of extreme boredom. Others... Well. Others might recognise it.]
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However, when his doctor decides to go out for supplies and to see if any of the detective's clothes have shown up (it was either that or let the man get up and see himself, and apparently that was not going to be allowed)... the patient lets himself get up. Not much, just enough to make it into the sitting room.
Which is just as white-washed as the bedroom. Damn it.
Once he can stand to be on his feet for more than ten minutes at a time, those walls are getting painted or papered or something.
He's had time enough to read his Journal and the Guide it contains, and the system itself is straightforward enough. Something like a computer but not quite as efficient. Still, it's something.
It doesn't matter to him that his Journal is in his bedroom and John's is sitting out. It's John's he grabs and a pen nearby that he writes with, unaware of what was broadcast over the journals the previous day.]
I am aware that damage to the wings is ill-advised. However, I am curious: Seeing the distinct disadvantage that they pose, has anyone attempted to surgically remove them? Not ripping or merely cutting-- a proper medical procedure. An amputation. Has it been attempted? If it has, to what end?
SH
[After he's written out all of that, he starts on another project. To some, it may just be evidence of extreme boredom. Others... Well. Others might recognise it.]
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[ written ]
He would be a doctor acting on his patient's demand. The fault would lie with me, not him.
[ written ]
That doesn't make any sense.
First of all, whether or not something is demanded of someone doesn't mean that they have to do it. His choice would still be his own.
Secondly, I've never heard of a doctor having to do what a patient says before - any other world I've ever heard of, patients go to doctors because they need help, and doctors study in order to be able to provide the best help possible. For a doctor to follow a patient's orders over his or her better knowledge just... sounds dangerous and makes the entire point of consulting an expert useless.