[John's voice is, perhaps, eerily calm, to people not used to dealing with him in a crisis situation.]
It's David, right? [He recognizes the accent.] Mr. Miller works for Eve, the Administrator. I know it's difficult and sounds ridiculous, but you're going to want to calm down, David. Yelling at him isn't going to work. We've dealt with him before, and it doesn't move him. He'll likely come back and tell us what they'll be doing to use in a little while.
Until then, can you find any sort of gaps in your cage? Have you felt along all the edges, checked the floor? We'll want to keep busy, gather as much information while we're physically able to.
[Because John's memories of something like this are hazy, from an alternate future, but he remembers flashes. His arms and legs replaced by prosthetics, a rod through Sherlock's head.]
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[John's voice is, perhaps, eerily calm, to people not used to dealing with him in a crisis situation.]
It's David, right? [He recognizes the accent.] Mr. Miller works for Eve, the Administrator. I know it's difficult and sounds ridiculous, but you're going to want to calm down, David. Yelling at him isn't going to work. We've dealt with him before, and it doesn't move him. He'll likely come back and tell us what they'll be doing to use in a little while.
Until then, can you find any sort of gaps in your cage? Have you felt along all the edges, checked the floor? We'll want to keep busy, gather as much information while we're physically able to.
[Because John's memories of something like this are hazy, from an alternate future, but he remembers flashes. His arms and legs replaced by prosthetics, a rod through Sherlock's head.]