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When Sherlock walks into the Biology classroom, a few minutes early as usual, he is thinking about last night. It's a bad time for it, but he is hardly going to start thinking about Biology until it is absolutely necessary.
He takes his usual seat and settles in to await Miss-to await Bella.
He takes his usual seat and settles in to await Miss-to await Bella.
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The sad fact is, solving mysteries requires resources. The more complex they are, the more resources are required.
Bella's mystery-solving resources are: herself and her ability to think; the sum of money she did not end up having to spend on a car; the Internet; the library; Charlie.
Her ability to think is unhelpful without fresh material. She's exhausted what the library has to offer and if the internet has anything relevant, it's well-hidden from search engines. Her money is too small an amount to do anything useful in this instance, like function as a bribe or fund any real travelling; beside which, she'd rather save it in case she needs it for something more important. Charlie is likewise a resource to be held in reserve - she can get him to answer questions he shouldn't sometimes, but only if she is very careful about how and when and how often she asks ( ... )
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"Afternoon, Bella."
(Jarvis has not yet seen fit to mention the recent flurry of interesting search terms coming out of a local IP.)
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(Sherlock himself, of course, is the obvious untapped resource. There are any number of reasons why she is unwilling to ask him just yet.)
"Afternoon, Sherlock."
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