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[John slowly lets his head sink into his hand for a long moment. Kid. Of course it's Kid.]

Yes, I know his blood type. Do you know yours and were you wanting to be his donor?

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I know it. But I can't do it.

[jumpthegun]

Can't or not interested? Are you suffering from MN Poisoning yourself, Mr. Undertaker?

[exequies]

[There's a pause as he checks to make sure Kid's still sleeping and the light from his tablet hasn't disturbed him.]

I'm not certain when it began. A few days at least.

[jumpthegun]

What symptoms are you experiencing?

[exequies]

Unsual focus on a subject. Well, unusual for me.

[jumpthegun]

May I ask what it is?

[exequies]

It isn't important. I can control it with a bit of effort, and it doesn't pose a danger to anyone.

[For now, at least.]

[jumpthegun]

It might well do. Please let me know if the symptoms worsen, Mr. Undertaker. The good news is that there are available donors for your blood type. At the moment, I don't know of any viable donors for Kid. I'll have to ask around.

Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Are you traveling with him right now? He does have cough medicine along with some pain medication. Please make sure he's taking that.

[exequies]

I'll make a note of it. I'm in no hurry to receive any blood for now.

Yes, I ran across him this last evening. I'll watch after him, but please do your utmost to see to a donor for him.

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[John just has to note here something...]

It means a lot that you're doing this, by the way. I really can't... Kid hasn't been in a good way since a long while now, and Claire dying in front of him didn't help. He has trouble with eating, too. If you can see he does that. I'll ask around for more donors. I appreciate this so much, sir. You didn't have to go out on a limb here for him.

[And the fact that Undertaker has, has ratcheted him up several notches in John's estimation.]

I'll let you know as soon as I have a donor.

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I know, we discussed it that first night while you two were sleeping. Reverse psychology seems to work on him to a small degree.

[He almost doesn't type anything more, but it's difficult to just let it sit with that.]

I'm not going out of my way to do it. He and I are just the same.

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[Does it? John will have to keep that in mind.]

I don't mind what reasons you've got for it. You are going out of your way. And I'm grateful Kid's got someone like him here.

[He'd seen Sherlock's deductions about the man, so this isn't really too much of a surprise.]

[exequies]

Of course. Until next time, then.