on being brought back from "retirement"

[ex_elucidation693]

Hmm. No. It was boring the first time, it remains just as dull the nth time.

It's a sufficient answer for you on the matter.

Comments

[bestprofessional]

[He really shouldn't be so amused to see Sherlock having to do what someone else tells him to.]

Having writer problems there, Sherlock?

[ex_elucidation693]

On the contrary, Lestrade, I'm her problem. Something about "not cooperating", you see.

[ He'd do the air quotes but that would be too petty even for him. ]

[bestprofessional]

How extraordinarily unusual for you.

[/sarcasm.]

I'd have imagined getting out and about to be more fun than sitting around in someone's head all day.

[ex_elucidation693]

And being "out and about" with a leash on is more fun? Would you enjoy a leash.

[ He didn't like it the first time, he's not going to like it any better the second, third, fourth and so on. A man would rather sit on a pumpkin all to himself than share a throne with a crowd, you see. ]

There's very little to do either way. No plans to put in effect, no crimes to look into, no problems to solve — being held on to for sentimental reasons is not only tedious, it's undeniably useless.

[bestprofessional]

[Lestrade's an officer, Sherlock. He lives with a leash.]

Entertaining for the rest of us, though.

[ex_elucidation693]

Don't you have work to do, Inspector? Any cliches to enliven? I could offer you some doughnuts, but I'm too busy being "dead".

[ You're allowed to make that joke, but try not to overplay it, please. ]

[womanwhobeatyou]

And yet here you are again. Surely you've learned your lesson by now, Mr. Holmes.

[ex_elucidation693]

I have, and before the lesson was ever really done. The same can't be said for the rest involved in this embarrassment, but that's hardly surprising.

[womanwhobeatyou]

Oh? The fact that you're still trying to argue with the little deluded dear would suggest otherwise.

[ex_elucidation693]

She's persistent. She has that other one to bother, and yet.

[ He's too irritated with having to share space to make that a full sentence. It's telling. ]

[womanwhobeatyou]

[She raises an eyebrow. He isn't verbally keysmashing yet, so clearly not that bothered by the whole thing.]

'That other one'. Do tell, Mr. Holmes, are you bothered by your... shall we call him an unexpected flatmate?

[ex_elucidation693]

[ 'Not yet' is the operative phrase. It should change in due time. ]

Bothered implies an emotional investment in his plight; I have none, let that render the adjective as inaccurate. Is it an annoyance, however? Of course it is, the man is an arrogant, self-aggrandizing, and insufferable.

[ And yes, he's fully aware of the hilarity in having said that. He stands by his opinion nonetheless. ]

I can't stand him.

[womanwhobeatyou]

[That makes her laugh. It's genuine despite its edge of smugness.]

Too uncomfortable a mirror to be standing next to, no doubt.

[ex_elucidation693]

He's four centimetres shorter.

[ Somehow it's the most offensive thing. ]

[womanwhobeatyou]

And comparably intelligent. Otherwise you wouldn't be nearly as offended.

[Still extremely amused.]

[ex_elucidation693]

[ He's taking a deep open breath, as though getting ready to rant, but Sherlock deflates at the same speed and rolls his eyes at nothing in particular. ]

The presence of similarities in two vastly separate entities does not make them comparable to each other by and through singular measurement.

He's no more like me than I am currently a resident of North America, and really, New York? A sober companion? It's a pathetic state of affairs.

[ They're the best case of pot and kettle, aren't they. ]

[womanwhobeatyou]

[Her smile deepens, and a note of silken pleasure, of recognition, slips into her voice.]

Ah, you would dislike Sherlock. [Yes, she's on first name basis with other versions of yourself. Have fun with that.]

[timeforgotten]

It hardly hurts to be more specific with your numbers, you know.

[ex_elucidation693]

Numbers are for times when one cares. Do you enjoy it?

[timeforgotten]

I'm a mathematician- of course I enjoy it. [ dismissive handwave and everything. because nobody needs to use manners in this crazy upside-down world. ] Someone not caring certainly isn't about to make them any less fundamental, at any rate.

[ex_elucidation693]

That would be a subjective opinion, on the other hand. Sure, everything has a certain empirical value, but if you're trying to value abstracts by some form of measure, then you've already lost it.

One and one makes two, I'm sure we can both agree. What should the value of a young woman's persistent pestering amount to, then.

[timeforgotten]

Well, that's even more subjective. Personal statistics. [ Argue everything and regret nothing. ] What have you got against actually getting to do things out here, anyway?