[ there's a longer break between this one and the last. if nothing else can be said for him, he does know when he needs to take a breather. so it's not minutes, but about an hour later when he eventually sends another message through, time enough to take a break away from it and then come back, read through the conversation again ]
Sorry, Claire.
But next time, best to leave me to walk in through on my own.
[ evidence being: this entire conversation. he never means to, but he gets like this. and if he can spare her that, spare her the need for his apology, that's likely for the best.
[ but you don't know enough about how I am for the learning process to be anything other than a clunky uncomfortable state, and he's not looking forward to it in the slightest ]
[ god alright she came right out and said that there huh
it's not safe. it's not a safe thing for her to say at all, even less so for him. but it's nice, isn't it, to see that sort of thing written down, even sodden as it is with the damp of their conversation. ]
I was over it roughly 5 minutes after the first time you stood up to wobble off to the loo. [ that one time you were cryin into your whisky, remember that claire ] Seems like we'll both be fine.
[We don't talk about that despite her being forever touched that he chose to sit with her.] I didn't just chill you to the core by saying you're a dear friend after scolding you about your interactions with a person that has your face?
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John.
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What?
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Sorry, Claire.
But next time, best to leave me to walk in through on my own.
[ evidence being: this entire conversation. he never means to, but he gets like this. and if he can spare her that, spare her the need for his apology, that's likely for the best.
it's less a suggestion than a request. ]
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You know how I am.
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[ but you don't know enough about how I am for the learning process to be anything other than a clunky uncomfortable state, and he's not looking forward to it in the slightest ]
Don't forget to look out for yourself.
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[ the so that won't stop me goes unsaid but loudly implied ]
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[For some reason.]
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it's not safe. it's not a safe thing for her to say at all, even less so for him. but it's nice, isn't it, to see that sort of thing written down, even sodden as it is with the damp of their conversation. ]
Probably best to get used to that early.
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Why do you say that?
[Today she's all about asking questions.]
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[ if she's sticking around, she's likely in for stumbling over a good few things about John Watson that she very well may not like ]
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[It's a joke. Ha ha. He's not perfect, she knows.]
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[ you giantess ]
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[She's sticking around. Until she meets her incentive, anyway.]
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But I do understand the discomfort with the similar faces. [She's not totally unsympathetic. There are just worse people than Bilbo Baggins.]