[ If there's one thing Sherlock doesn't underestimate, it's dimwittedness.
Thankfully John manages to take the hint, even if it takes him far too many 'Mississippis' to get there. Sherlock would think about that in more detail, but at this point any distraction is welcome and apparently that distraction has come in the form of one John Watson (mercifully post-moustache-shave) and now that he's actually looking, he's noticed that he's uptight. He's got something to ask, in fact it's practically burning a hole through his tongue, biting it in - and then it's out there, question spoken without actually having been asked.
Well, he's not going to settle for that. No, he'd be a fool to let John get away with such a pitiful attempt at enlisting his help.
Sherlock makes a face - something akin to vague interest, a little quirk of the brow and a downward tilt of the lips before he looks back and sips at his half empty glass of scotch. ]
That's unfortunate, given the obvious fact that you have two left feet. Though I suppose it's expected, isn't it? Tradition and all that.
[ Literally spits the word 'tradition' out of his mouth. It's just a dirty, dirty thing. Blindly following what our ancestors did because it's the thing to do - it's just not his preverbal glass of scotch. ]
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Thankfully John manages to take the hint, even if it takes him far too many 'Mississippis' to get there. Sherlock would think about that in more detail, but at this point any distraction is welcome and apparently that distraction has come in the form of one John Watson (mercifully post-moustache-shave) and now that he's actually looking, he's noticed that he's uptight. He's got something to ask, in fact it's practically burning a hole through his tongue, biting it in - and then it's out there, question spoken without actually having been asked.
Well, he's not going to settle for that. No, he'd be a fool to let John get away with such a pitiful attempt at enlisting his help.
Sherlock makes a face - something akin to vague interest, a little quirk of the brow and a downward tilt of the lips before he looks back and sips at his half empty glass of scotch. ]
That's unfortunate, given the obvious fact that you have two left feet. Though I suppose it's expected, isn't it? Tradition and all that.
[ Literally spits the word 'tradition' out of his mouth. It's just a dirty, dirty thing. Blindly following what our ancestors did because it's the thing to do - it's just not his preverbal glass of scotch. ]