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Yeah?

[That's it, that's all you get.]

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Right. Fine. Good. [He should probably try for words with more than one or two syllables. John clears his throat.] I'll talk to you later, Alfie. Clint said he'd give you a call later, as well. Text. He's texting because of the Joker, you know?

Yeah, I know.

Do you need to hang up, or can you stay on for a bit?

I can stay for a bit... something else on your mind?

No, no. Well--

[He grunts.]

I should talk to people more, I think. Better that way.

[John lets his head fall into his free hand for a moment.]

What should we talk about, then? Home? Here?

[Alfie pauses, casting around for some topic - anything at all. Finally, he sighs.]

No. No, never mind.

No. If you want to talk, I want to talk. Could tell you about some of my old cases from back home.

That'll be me just listening, eh?

We could do it as a game. I give you the clues we had, and you try to deduce what happened?

[This is his idea of games. Sherlock has corrupted him.]

[It actually is something that Alfie might have had some fun with, under ordinary circumstances. A few months ago, maybe.]

Nah. My head's not up to it, today.

Tell me what you're doing now?

Just resting after the transfusion, cleaning my equipment. Listening to Mycroft complain in the other... he does a good bit of that. He's an office worker. Soft.

Government, isn't he?

He is the government. Basically runs the country from behind the scenes.

Then surely he could stand to be told to buck up.

He could stand it. And then complain about it. Imagine Sherlock, just with slightly better manners and even more insufferable surety. That's Mycroft.

I'd smack the both of them if I spent any amount of time with them.

They'd both deserve it. Sherlock might punch you back, though. Fair warning. I think Mycroft would just stand there sputtering. He's a drama queen.

I'd respect him more for punching back.

I'll be sure to let him know, but maybe let's just avoid the situation, yeah? I think everyone's been knocked around enough here.

I'm not gonna punch him without a good reason, John.

[Standard disclaimer applies that Alfie's "good reason" might be different from other people's.]

You put a knife to my neck because I was snooping around, Alfie.

And I hope he'd learn from you and not snoop around himself.

Alfie. You've met the man.

I'm trying some optimism on for size.

Decent look on you, but you might want to try it in a different color. Sherlock's a terrible first-choice.

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