[It takes John a few minutes to pull up the map and highlight the houses on House's map. He sends it back to Alfie.]
I was planning to meet Charlie and Charles there to help with their injuries, as well as look into what might have happened to Ms. Carter. We should be there tomorrow.
He was heading south... I needed to keep him away from Fiona. [So, there's that.] And everyone else. Charlie and Charles are coming up through the tunnels. Ms. Romanov and Mr. Stark took off after him this morning.
Please just stay where you are for today. I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything back from Ms. Romanov and Mr. Stark. The Joker is the kind of man they fight on a regular basis where they're from. I wounded him, as well. But I've told them not kill him if they do catch him, sir.
The clinic's the best place for that, then. If it gets too crowded even there, we have other nearby houses beyond just the two. And hopefully we'll have good news come the evening that it's safe to move.
I won't ask if he attacked first, or if you confronted him.
[It's the Joker, and the Joker is unpredictable. Even if Watson did make the first move - and Alfie strongly suspects that he did - that doesn't mean the Joker would be harmless if he came across Royce, Tifa, and Emily.
Besides, he's pretty sure he'll be able to figure it out himself, based on how Watson acts in this conversation.]
My group is going east. I'll be going with them, eventually. Are you sure the Joker fled to the south, or is that just what he told you?
Didn't realize it was him at first. When I did, I confronted him, told him to turn around, he swung a fireplace poker at my face. Told him if he didn't put it down, I'd make him. He didn't put it down.
[Definitely a mixed bag of confrontation and provocation... and John's personal anger issues transferring, but he's not going to mention those.]
All I know for certain is that he was making a beeline south-southwest when I ran into him. I don't know what happened after he knocked me out. Ms. Romanov and Mr. Stark said they'd be looking for blood trails, though. It's how they found me yesterday... And I broke his nose and stabbed his arm. If he hasn't tended to those he might still be trailing something.
[But his guardian complex, Alfie! John just leaves that for now.]
Where are you going today? And... I'd really appreciate you keeping Fiona away, actually. Just for today. It's for the Joker and safety, yeah? But I'm also going to have to cut off part of my ear today - frostbite. I'd rather her not be there for that.
Dunno. I didn't ask her or invite her. I've already got England and Luna fussing. I don't need someone else who might bump up the chances of meeting an anomaly in the middle of it all.
Luna's the one doing the procedure and you try telling the living embodiment of our country to shove off after he's just saved your life out in the snow, mate.
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