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[devoutish]

Yeah?

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

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[devoutish]

I wouldn't think so. I imagine it drove you mad.

[jumpthegun]

It did. And then I met a man who drove me mad, instead, and that was far preferable.

[devoutish]

[Good God Watson, no wonder everyone thinks you and Sherlock are sitting in a tree.]

Myself - I prefer not being mad at all.

[jumpthegun]

[Look, there are many kinds of love.

It's also a moment to reply to that as he rolls his shoulders uncomfortably and thinks about what he'd written about his conversation with Haurchefant... how he felt like he needed a place like Norfinbury.]

Well, there's something wrong with me. I somehow became friends with another bloke who likes to drive people up the walls, myself included. Maybe you're right and I have got a type.

[devoutish]

Don't sell me short, mate. I've got many hobbies.

[jumpthegun]

You've got time for them outside of work, have you? Is it drinking, gambling, or women? Those are the standard 'hobbies' for your age, right?

[devoutish]

[Well okay, to be fair, many hobbies is probably exaggerating a little.]

I don't gamble, and I don't drink much. Women, though.

[He likes women.]

[jumpthegun]

Women are nice. And you're a gentleman, right?

[devoutish]

Dr. Watson, I'm ashamed you would think I was anything else.

[jumpthegun]

Well, you do call yourself a scoundrel, Mr. Solomons.

[devoutish]

Only to men like him. No, I've got respect for women.

[Granted, it's... a 1920s variety of respect, but it could be worse.]

[jumpthegun]

So, when did I stop being a man like him, then? I do recall you telling me something like that, too. [Probably not long after they decided to be allies.]

[devoutish]

Oh, come now, John. You're only a third as insufferable as him.

[jumpthegun]

A third? Well, now I'm just wondering how you rank insufferability. What qualities go into that metric?

[devoutish]

Gut feeling. I've got a knack for it.

[jumpthegun]

Right. Most and least insufferable people in Norfinbury according to the preeminent scholar on human behavior, Mr. Alfie Solomons. Go on, then.

[devoutish]

Most - The Joker, House, Royce, Brian, Romanov, Stark. Least - Fiona, Kesara, Tifa, Wilson, Quark.

Those aren't in order.

[jumpthegun]

You put your best mate up as one of the most insuf-

[A pause.]

Yeah, okay. Fair do's.

Haven't talked to Wilson much. Quark's a good boy, though. I'm worried about him, though. Luna's being dodgy about meeting back up with him. She feels responsible for him getting locked out. Dunno how to convince her she's not.

[devoutish]

You trust her with him?

[jumpthegun]

I do. She cares about him. I know there's that business in the Nonary Game that they talked about when we were underground, but if that's true, everything I've seen says she's trying to atone for what happened.

[devoutish]

And you think that makes it all right.

[jumpthegun]

I think it makes it safe for him to be with her. If you're hellbent on making up for something you screwed up... you avoid screwing up that way again come hell or high water. I dunno what the circumstances were. I dunno what things she hasn't told House. I'm willing to bet there's more to the story.

[devoutish]

He's not my kid. But if he was, she wouldn't be allowed anywhere near him.

[jumpthegun]

You think she's just going to go mad and attack him one day?

[devoutish]

That's not the only danger in the world, Watson.