Mr Holmes, [ she greets politely. Her tone doesn't belie the shock she feels at meeting him β she'd been prepared for this somewhat, of course. She'd made the connection between names and literature some months ago but hasn't dared bring it up with John. The poor man has enough on his plate and quite frankly, as a woman who's learned she graces the pages of history books in her future, she understands wanting to keep all that at bay. ] It's a pleasure. John's mentioned you, of course.
[ She won't lie and say it was necessarily flattering. But it was vivid: "clever idiot with a tendency to get themselves into shit in pursuit of information," if she remembers correctly. And made as a direct comparison to the trouble she was likely getting herself into for the same reasons. Well. ]
A detective may very well be what we need downstairs.
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Mr Holmes, [ she greets politely. Her tone doesn't belie the shock she feels at meeting him β she'd been prepared for this somewhat, of course. She'd made the connection between names and literature some months ago but hasn't dared bring it up with John. The poor man has enough on his plate and quite frankly, as a woman who's learned she graces the pages of history books in her future, she understands wanting to keep all that at bay. ] It's a pleasure. John's mentioned you, of course.
[ She won't lie and say it was necessarily flattering. But it was vivid: "clever idiot with a tendency to get themselves into shit in pursuit of information," if she remembers correctly. And made as a direct comparison to the trouble she was likely getting herself into for the same reasons. Well. ]
A detective may very well be what we need downstairs.