022 [Semi-accidental video]

[curious_copycat]

[The feed crackles on and we have a Polly, the wall of a jail cell behind her. Just kind of. Staring. Out at you.]

[Her expression is very serious.]

[She looks away, fidgeting, then back at you, mouth half open as if she's on the verge of SAYING SOMETHING and it's VERY IMPORTANT[Aaaannnnnnd looks away again, somewhere between being angry with

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[yes_mother_hen]

[Holmes expected this video feed to come, and so he's not quite so harsh about it as he could have been-- he's really not that harsh at all, really. Just blunt, and perhaps tactless, the way he usually is.]

You did make quite a mess of things, my dear. But the perpetrators-- all of them-- have been brought to justice, and I see no need to reopen a closed case.

[A slight tilt of his head.]

Are you feeling better?

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[curious_copycat]

[Tries for a smile--there was something that sounded like forgiveness, there, under the blunt.]

Yes, I'm okay.

[There are still some cuts and scrapes from the final battle that need healing, but she isn't going to complain about something she figures she deserves.]

How are you feeling?

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[yes_mother_hen]

[He doesn't miss the battered state that Polly seems to be in, but he politely defers from speaking about it.]

Never better. No need to worry yourself on that account-- I have seen worse.

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[curious_copycat]

[She gives a visible sigh of relief.]

I'm glad...

I mean... that you weren't hurt as badly as some other people were.

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[yes_mother_hen]

Hardly injured at all. I believe I was the one dealing the injuries, myself.

[A slight tinge of self-derision there, but it goes away quickly.]

What's done is done. The case was hardly a mystery-- open and shut, if I may say so. No need to fret, as I've said.

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[curious_copycat]

[Yeah, she... she can sympathize with that a lot. >_>]

Thank you, Mr. Holmes...

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[yes_mother_hen]

I am quite sure that the majority of the residents sympathize with you.

[A pause. No, Holmes is not good at the emoting game.]

...In any case, rest assured that your reputation is quite untarnished.

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[curious_copycat]

Some of them do seem to...

Thank you, again.

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[yes_mother_hen]

Not a problem.

[And he waves a hand, carelessly.]

Jail doesn't suit you, my dear. Leave those rooms open for those that deserve it.