reserved at ataraxion, mid-app.

[beperpetual]

Apply yourself, please. I shudder to think about the damage Holmes can do without me there to smooth things out.

And don't think I don't see what you're planning, when you're putting your heads together and laughing. Mary is not in India with the tigers or Italy with a count, or any other ridiculous scenario he can conjure up. Don't encourage this sort of thing-- you're as bad as he is, the pair of you.

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[wont]

[ Alayne smiles at that. ] Then I imagine she is a goodly woman, and strong as well— for your bare yourself with the pride of a true gentleman, yet do not seem vexed with her safety.

Is she a warrior, or a shieldmaiden true? I heard of such women, though have never met the true acquaintance of one.

[beperpetual]

[ to tell the truth, mary is probably healthier and safer with john off to space and sherlock's attention directed the same place-- but john prefers to frame the idea differently. ]

She's a tutor-- though she'd make a wonderful shieldmaiden.