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well, yeah
don't be an idiot about it
if they attack me
i'll be attacking them back, too
don't be an idiot about it
if they attack me
i'll be attacking them back, too
... Hi, Ecks.
[ Of all the things that he remembers that didn't happen, he can't shake the feeling of missing Ecks, and it's driving him crazy. So... he tries. ]
I just wanted to - know how you're doing. This -- this is ridiculous, I'm --
[ And that's the end of his message. ]
[ Of all the things that he remembers that didn't happen, he can't shake the feeling of missing Ecks, and it's driving him crazy. So... he tries. ]
I just wanted to - know how you're doing. This -- this is ridiculous, I'm --
[ And that's the end of his message. ]
[She checks her messages in the evening, and this evening she sees this one just after she's settled in for the night with Doctor House. She sets her tablet to convert incoming audio to text for privacy as she huddles up with her tablet in a corner.]
hi Royce
I am doing well
I am not dead
you are not dead?
you have messaged me you are not dead
hello
hi Royce
I am doing well
I am not dead
you are not dead?
you have messaged me you are not dead
hello
[Just a few weeks ago she would have asked why he would want to know -- would have assumed he is planning something with Alfie Solomons. There is still that danger, possibly, but at the same time it feels so natural to simply respond normally to his questions.]
I am near the school
the old school not the new school near the center of the spiral
where are you?
I am near the school
the old school not the new school near the center of the spiral
where are you?
[ It's weird to ask. He just wants to know because he wants to make sure she's in a place that she'll be moderately safe. Which - is an uncomfortable feeling for him. He doesn't know what to do with it. ]
Near the convenience store with food.
Are you travelling alone?
[ A beat, and he realizes how that sounds, so he sort of hastily sends another message: ]
You don't have to answer that. I'm not doing this with the intention of... plotting anything.
Near the convenience store with food.
Are you travelling alone?
[ A beat, and he realizes how that sounds, so he sort of hastily sends another message: ]
You don't have to answer that. I'm not doing this with the intention of... plotting anything.
[There's a pause before she responds.]
I am not traveling alone.
[That's as much as she'll say about that.]
I know that you are probably traveling with Alfie Solomons
I do not plan to come hit him with a shovel though
I am not traveling alone.
[That's as much as she'll say about that.]
I know that you are probably traveling with Alfie Solomons
I do not plan to come hit him with a shovel though
Edited (accidentally hit enter) 2017-12-17 19:19 (UTC)
Yeah. Alfie. John and Mary Watson, too.
[ He doesn't see any reason not to be honest with her. Especially because she tells him she's not planning on hitting Alfie with a shovel. That actually sort of just makes him snort, to himself. ]
Good to hear.
It's good you didn't the last time we were in the same place, too.
[ There's an almost hesitant pause, then: ] How is Red Cat?
[ He doesn't see any reason not to be honest with her. Especially because she tells him she's not planning on hitting Alfie with a shovel. That actually sort of just makes him snort, to himself. ]
Good to hear.
It's good you didn't the last time we were in the same place, too.
[ There's an almost hesitant pause, then: ] How is Red Cat?
You're welcome.
[ Another long pause. ]
Watson is helping with the MN poisoning we've got. He is good.
Listen. I wouldn't normally try and talk to you.
But after the false memories, I... am reluctant to just let go. We traveled together and that meant something.
[ It's a good thing he's texting this because he'd die if he had to say it out loud. ]
[ Another long pause. ]
Watson is helping with the MN poisoning we've got. He is good.
Listen. I wouldn't normally try and talk to you.
But after the false memories, I... am reluctant to just let go. We traveled together and that meant something.
[ It's a good thing he's texting this because he'd die if he had to say it out loud. ]
I liked traveling together, too. You were a good friend and I enjoyed having you at my back.
I don't know if we could do that now. I don't know if you'd want to.
But there isn't much reason to not be friendly.
House is and has been really the only thing that stands in the way of that.
I don't know if we could do that now. I don't know if you'd want to.
But there isn't much reason to not be friendly.
House is and has been really the only thing that stands in the way of that.
I will promise not to hit Alfie Solomons with a shovel when I travel with you
[Notably absent: a promise not to attempt to retrieve the harmonica. Notably present: the word when in place of if.]
Doctor House has a plan for which I am needed
I think I will come travel with you after I have finished helping him
[Notably absent: a promise not to attempt to retrieve the harmonica. Notably present: the word when in place of if.]
Doctor House has a plan for which I am needed
I think I will come travel with you after I have finished helping him
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