dear_mun | on an impending IC tug-of-war

[Authority - really? But they'll get to that later. Perhaps.]

You don't know them.

Ignorance, feigned or otherwise, is the traditional premise of a straightforward question, yes.

If you're so interested in the current goings-on of my life, you can come to Bete Noire and get your information the usual way. Best of luck in your career at the Department of Justice.

...I'll indulge you from a distance, Sherlock Holmes.

'Mycroft Holmes does not know them.' Given your hyperbolic assessment of my resources, you'd only say so if it excluded citizens of the United Kingdom and anyone formally associated with a diplomatic function. Specificity is key. 'Mycroft Holmes doesn't know them,' versus 'Mycroft Holmes doesn't need to know them.' Considering your... unfortunate appropriation of modern chivalry, that casts a doubt on women, children, and the particularly elderly.

Of course, you want to impress him. To... prove a point. That implies an individual with the capacity to follow your probably intricate line of thought in a matter worthy of earning esteem. Someone with... tenure in your sphere of activity, concerning something in your sphere of activity. But back to our original premise: 'Mycroft Holmes hasn't heard of him' - I haven't heard of him. Therefore, a genius of that level has been woefully deprived of international suspicion or recognition. Not a delinquent, and not an authorized representative of lawful enforcement.

Your persistence in his anonymity is more a testimony to your penchant for paranoid ownership than to an actual need to protect him. You have a toy you don't want to share. But why? Your elder brother doesn't break your toys, he only borrows them. You don't fear interest on my part, you do it on his. Since we've excluded 'prestige' as a potential motivation, I'll settle for someone who uses his superior intellectual ability to gain power or information. In either scenario, an obsessive sort.

A young, brilliant male associate of a non-British institution of law with a heavy obsessive streak. You'll understand if I take the precaution of asking for additional information.

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Theoretical exercises are always so daunting before the first cup of tea.

[Sherlock tolerates the onslaught as he often does, with an expression designed to express the utmost passive-agressive apathy. After a bit he looks down and away, off to one side... taking it all in while at the same time projecting a strong air of 'not listening.' Only when it's all finished does he face front again, though still with his eyes cast downward.]

Nearly spot on.

[Just a hint of emphasis on the 'nearly.' It's a concession, yes, but also a reminder that you can't see everything, dear brother.]

An American, and I believe the term he used was 'cop-orbital.'

[ Oh, don't mind the little turn of his nose, because - ]

A little friend from across the pond. How... quaint.

[ ...about as charming for his taste as instant tea bags, or printed reproductions of famous paintings in the receiving hall. ]

Well. Far from me to discourage you from projecting similarity on an idealized stranger in order to avoid isolation. We all must thrive under the umbrella of our denial mechanisms.

[He won't fall into the trap of contradiction, if he can help it. Not on all points. Just the one, for now, that's managed to burrow far and fast enough under his skin.

A scoff.]

'Idealized...'

[ And a second in kind. ]

Performers subjugate an audience through empathy. You're looking for the little part of him that's like you.

[ Laughter, shrill. ]

Don't waste your time.

[And he is so done talking about this.]

How's the leg? Been getting plenty of rest up in that headspace, I imagine.

I believe the new policies entitle every government office worker to two weeks of annual paid leave. Rest and relaxation are in my contract.

[ 'Leg work' is not. ]

on an impending IC tug-of-war

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..and now for your daily dose of BSed assumptions! 1/2

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......oh, wow, I didn't expect much of any of that to be right. o_o

I legitimately thought you were stalking the game.

...no, I'm. I'm too lazy for that.

yet not too lazy to pull off feats of perception ._.

a fine name for 'dumb luck' ! I'll take it X)