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[slingshots]

You'd think you'd get used to being jerked around universes, but it just never sets in right.

[ why, what a cool and laid-back sounding newcomer this is! well, she doesn't sound all that new, but the NV signal is definitely a different one than last time. ]

We're still on 2012, right? I'm hoping not. Music doesn't start sounding good 'til at least 2025.

[ encrypted to Sherlock Holmes: ]

You talked to the last me, right? 'Cuz that so wasn't me.

[ awkward... pause... ]

And... um, hi. Busy?

Comments

[deductives]

It was.

[Yep, you're gonna have to try harder than that, not daughter. He just stares right back. Sherlock has no qualms with awkward silences. Even if he probably should.]

Did your "City" have anything like the Darkness?

[slingshots]

[ Oh well, worth a shot. She'll just wrangle any amusing details out of John. ]

No. Aside from us showing up there, it was pretty normal.

[deductives]

A world normal except the dimensional rift. Of course.

[Sherlock pauses to look at her more analytically.]

I hope you used the time to improve your skills.

[slingshots]

[ oh no don't tell her there's a pop quiz
she eyes him back, a little warily. ]

Some of 'em.

[ the... fighty-ones, mostly..... ]

[deductives]

[Siiigh. He crosses his arms and gives her a look. Without even Bruce, he wonders how her detective skills have been polished at all.]

Not including picking up wushu.

[slingshots]

[ That just gets an incredibly guilty look, and suddenly the table is a lot easier to watch. ]

Well, did know this one PI for a while...

[deductives]

[Sherlock quirks a brow. One could almost say he's having fun grilling her. Almost.]

One? And what were his methods?

[slingshots]

[ For a second she's afraid she'll have lost that along with his name and face, but with a little relief it comes to her. ]

"Find the right question."

[ That with a fond little smile. She's pretty sure he'd been a cool dude. ]