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[He would love it more if he could actually do anything about it.]

Maybe if I tell him I've got something to show him. He likes puzzles. If there's something more interesting he'll go look at that. The Joker's like Moriarty, though. God. If he gets under Sherlock's skin... I can't do this again.

Can you guilt him?

[Watson's puppy-dog eyes must be an asset.]

It doesn't work that way between us. I yell at him. He guilts me.

[If this sounds familiar, Alfie...]

[Watson...]

Try to switch things around a bit.

He's just come back from the dead. He's got a big leg up, mate.

You don't want him to die again. That's incentive for you.

[Well, he's not wrong.]

I'll try. Maybe it won't come up.

Tell him you've just lost someone if it does.

Jesus Christ, Alfie. I'm not going to tell him that!

[It makes John cringe with how manipulative that sounds.]

It would do the trick.

It might do the trick, but no. I'm not pulling that card unless he's going mad or something. Bloody hell! I'll think of something else.

Well. Not to worry. If he gets too close I'm sure Batman will knock him out.

[Why yes, he is bitter.]

Bring England into it, mate. He'll be useful. Honestly.

I'll give him a ring.

Are you going to tell Sherlock how injured you are?

He'll have read about it. I don't plan to tell him things he already knows.

[And invite comment on it.]

Has he read your notes?

Not unless someone's given them to him privately. Eve screened them. I'll share an abridged version with him. Don't plan on handing out the full thing, myself.

He'll know the full version exists. Will he be curious?

Yes. He will be unlikely to stop until he has it. That doesn't mean I'll be handing it to him. He stole my birth certificate to find out my middle name after a year of me telling him to piss off about it. Because he's a dick.

What's your middle name?

[You had to know this was coming, John.]

Piss off, Alfie.

I haven't got one myself.

Don't worry mate, I'll leave your birth certificate alone.

Not having one would be better than mine. Let's put it that way.

[He did suggest it to Fiona, jokingly, for her future children.]

Thanks much for the reassurance, though. Here was me worrying you'd be able to get ahold of it.

Really, most of the blacked-out bits are sentiment. Sherlock hates sentiment, but he hates not knowing things, too. Suppose I could bribe him with that.

Does he fancy himself emotionless?

He likes to pretend he is. Some days he's better at it than others.