( voice test ; canon: elementary )

[cogitates]

It's perfectly reasonable to remain silent while you-- [Handwave.] Dilly about on this pointless escapade.

Regardless of the the fact I'm in your head, you could not possibly think you know enough of anything-- let alone me -- to continue this in any accurate form.

In lieu of not adhering to my request, you are met with a resounding silence.

[A pause. Because this is quite the opposite. He exhales, giving an annoyed look.]

Obviously that does not include-- [Another gesture to encompass this place.]

This.

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[gregson]

Is your main objection that they're not up to your standards, and not, I don't know, an existential one?

omg a gregson!

[cogitates]

How many people do you think I think are up to my standards? [Come now.]

hello c:

[gregson]

That's more of a problem than all this?

[cogitates]

Well she isn't on my level. [And he's actually five years old.]

[gregson]

And you'd be okay with it if she were?

[cogitates]

[About to speak--]

I didn't say that either. But at least it would be an accurate representation.

[gregson]

At least.

[ The "repeat someone's words back to them in a sarcastic way" (okay, in this case, it's only dry) method is totally in the police handbook somewhere. ]

You're not tired of being manipulated by women "on your level"?

[cogitates]

[Low blow. Watch it, Gregson.]

I am not being manipulated.

[gregson]

[ Hey, it was an honest question! Just seeing how Holmes is doing! Apparently, fine. Sufficiently fine. Probably fine. "Joan will handle it" fine. He waits a beat before responding in as neutral a tone as possible. ]

Well, you'd know better than me.

Ms. Watson will be wherever you're going, hopefully?

[cogitates]

No, actually.

[This is the interesting part. Sherlock's fingers wiggle a little from both excitement and a tick.]

There is a Mr. Watson. And another Sherlock. A Victorian Sherlock, a Mr. Moriarty, several Irene Adlers as well.

[gregson]

... huh.

[ Some of that was not news to him, having heard it from a Joan before, but that last part could very well inspire him to pull a not-my-division. ]

So despite making a fuss, you're actually looking forward to it.

[ He sounds a little amused. ]

[cogitates]

It's a possibility at this point. Not a definite. And this is completely out of the realm of my dislike for her decision to play me.

But if she must, the situation interests me.