Deduction 1 - [ written ]

[notquiteheartless]

[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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Re: [voice] - [filtered 50%]

[cop_an_attitude]

I should think that much is bloody well obvious! It wasn't even the right man!

...He says he's not the same man; I'm holding off on believing that, too. If I were either a criminal mastermind or a greedy actor who'd aided and abetted one, I wouldn't be very forthcoming about my identity either.

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[notquiteheartless]

Well, at least you're finally considering the possibility, at least.

Re: [voice] - [filtered 50%]

[cop_an_attitude]

Well, I can't exactly go over all the previous cases you "helped" on with a fine-toothed comb like I was planning to, can I? I only got here a few days after the incident, and without anything to work with, I have to at least consider the possibility.

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[notquiteheartless]

When you get back, please do that. Also go through the papers Mycroft will be bringing you and Detective Inspector Lestrade.

Those ought to satisfy you and his superiors. [There is a trace of a bitterness.] It's him you'll owe the apology to.

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[cop_an_attitude]

...If your brother could prove your innocence, then why--

[She really doesn't want to belabor the "jumped off a roof" point, but seriously.]

That doesn't make any sense.

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[notquiteheartless]

There are only two men who know the answer to that. I intend to keep it that way.

[As dismissive of everything as Holmes can be, there's a tone in his voice as he says that... Too quiet, too human.]

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[cop_an_attitude]

[Sally's heard him act before, plenty of times, but this is...off, somehow. All of it.]

Lestrade doesn't know what happened.

He'd be angrier with me, for one thing.

["Angry" isn't the right word, but to be honest, she doesn't want to think about it enough to find the right one.]

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[notquiteheartless]

He won't find out about it from me.

[One less person to ask (or want to ask) "why." John won't ask, but he sees the question in almost every look.]

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[cop_an_attitude]

How charitable. [Her voice is completely flat, though, because she knows he isn't doing it for her and because she's suddenly bone tired for a lot of reasons.]

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[notquiteheartless]

Be careful, Sergeant Donovan.

[...With the tone he used... Sherlock Holmes could genuinely either be mocking her or perfectly serious.]

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[cop_an_attitude]

I--

[What. Just...what?]

...Right...

You too, then. No more throttling; I don't care what they've done.

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[notquiteheartless]

I'll see what I can do.

[He comes near John, all bets are off.]