[Four sets of handcuffs. One for each of his limbs.
John sighs as Mary frowns and moves farther away from him again.]
Probably by the end of the day. I can wait for you.
I have disinfectant, hand sanitizer, a sewing kit, petroleum jelly, forceps, a scalpel, and some morphine for you to take during the procedure and after.
[Maybe it would have been if circumstances were different. Part of him wants to quip, "took you long enough," but the greater part is simply relieved he revived at all.]
thanks and sorry to drop some bad news on your proverbial doorstep first thing but nat died while you were out
[John clutches his head for a moment as Mary goes silent for his raised voice.]
I'm sorry. Mm... He doesn't need to deal with this. He's already put himself through too much for me. I can't let him... he'll offer to do it himself, you know he will.
[Mary stares at him sadly, tears filling her eyes.]
He's dying I can't... This isn't real. It'll work. It's not real.
I'm fine. Sorry. I was having a dream when I woke up.
[That is definitely not the kind of improvement he expected to hear.]
what is with you and terrible injuries first the bucky thing now this when did it happen was it the maze or the thing with andromeda and the glowy paths the other day or something else
[Something in him bristles, thinking of Pierce, thinking of a character from a movie who is not real, either. But John doesn't snarl or snap like he might have years ago when he was younger. For now. It takes a bit more to outwardly rile him.]
Not that I'm aware, no, but Sherlock's death price was the loss of his short term memory last time and it didn't seem like he'd lost anything to himself, either. Just double-checking.
[Oh, right... he hadn't widely publicized what had happened with Stein. Probably best not to now. Davesprite's proved he has trouble keeping horrible things under his hat.]
Something else. I'd rather not talk about it.
[John, he's going to ask if you don't say more than that.]
[Davesprite does the mental equivalent of going "uh."]
ok great but i wasnt going to assume it was him not necessarily you know i made up with him right im not saying you have to tell me either but im not going to start a witch hunt if you do i know i screwed up that time
alfie is a liar who took advantage of someone not being able to disobey orders to steal his stuff so id say dont trust him and we found a food source out east that can be stayed in overnight also sherlock seemed to think telling people its totes safe to commit suicide here because you wont die permanently was a good idea so you might want to tell him what the actual fuck
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