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[jumpthegun]

[John rolls his eyes, amused. It's a nice break from dealing with the anomaly that chased them into this place and everyone fussing over his injuries, and everything else.]

I'll just point Nurse Temple to this if she starts questioning my competency or trustworthiness, shall I?

[nursetemple]

Cute. Very cute.

[jumpthegun]

[Oh, right. She's... reading this, too. While it's not visible, John has the decency to look and feel mildly embarrassed.]

Sorry, Claire. We'll lay off chatting.

[nursetemple]

please, don't stop on my account. I'm learning a lot.

[jumpthegun]

[Hahaha... No.]

Just a bit of nonsense.

[nursetemple]

[She grins.]

As I said, cute.

[She has nothing against harmless flirting, John.]

[jumpthegun]

[It is not flirting. God, if he's going to be accused to being Sherlock's boyfriend and chatting up Alfie Solomons, he may have to do something drastic.]

You're much cuter.

[There. There is proper flirting.]

[nursetemple]

[He does make her laugh, so that's something. The subtlety of a mack truck driving into a porcelain shop.]

wow

this is somehow impressive. do you have self-preservation instinct?

[jumpthegun]

Oh, I doubt Alfie's going to kill me for this.

[nursetemple]

that wasn't what i meant, nor whom i was talking about

[She's teasing, and she has a mind that he is too. It's a distraction, at least.]

[jumpthegun]

Nurse Temple, it's not you threatening me, is it?

[He's absolutely teasing.]

These vigilante types may be getting to you.

[nursetemple]

i'd never dare, doctor.

don't you know? vigilantes only threaten people who deserve it. i'm sure you couldn't be put in that category...

[jumpthegun]

Nah. Upstanding as I am. You'll find the ones who deserve it tend to be pretty loud about it around here. There's that, at least.

[nursetemple]

no fear of repercussions, right? can't be left in a prison cell, can't be killed. any kind of supervision requires more effort on the monitoring body than the criminal. no wonder they're loud about it.

[Yeah, she's read through the last few days on the network. She knows about Fiona, and the Joker, and John's lobotomy slash mind alteration idea. She's trying to take it all in, still.]

but at least they make it easy for me to keep my distances from.

[jumpthegun]

They can be killed. They just might come back.

I would recommend some distance, though, yes. Probably your safest bet.

[nursetemple]

That was my point. If you don't have anything to fear, not even death, what is there to stop you?

it's actually surprising to me that more people don't take advantage of the knowledge.

[jumpthegun]

I reckon dying still hurts. And we've got a lot of people here dedicated to protecting people. Hard to turn that part of yourself off, and everyone winds up in a bit more trouble for it.

[nursetemple]

i guess i'm just a cynic at times. it's good, that most people are keeping their self-control, keeping on finding a way out of here.

death might hurt, but that doesn't mean people will still be afraid of it if they know they have a chance to come back.

[Her thoughts go back to Matt, who already didn't fear dying even though there was no resurrection, back home. What is he going to do here, now?]

[jumpthegun]

[She's not wrong, he supposes.]

I think most people still don't like their odds there, but I know what you mean. Best to keep on as well as you can and keep your chin up. Cynicism isn't going to see us through the long nights and dark days, eh?

[nursetemple]

but what is, then?

[She smiles to herself. He was flirting, after all, why shouldn't she?]

[jumpthegun]

[Well, then.]

Good friends and forgiving nurses.

[nursetemple]

i'll reiterate: cute.

[jumpthegun]

[Why does he have to find a woman who responds to his flirting favorably right now? He might be quipping with Sherlock, but his heart isn't really in this. Fiona's too much in his thoughts.]

Well, at least I'm consistently so. I'll just use that if Alfie brings up something again that might call my reputation into question. I think you're a very reputable source.

[devoutish]

Using me as a reference?

[jumpthegun]

Apparently. I'll leave you to your conversation, though.

[The pretty lady seems annoyed. Sorry, Alfie. John's hanging up to be good and talk to her directly.]