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Dr. John Watson
Army Doctor by trade, Detective Assistant by choice

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So you don't get lonely?

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[ Of course. ]

What kind of question is that?

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More like a suggestion than a question. You don't always have to sound so offended or like you don't feel anything, Sherlock.

[ See, John is cheating a little here. He knows the man has a deep well of emotion and feeling than he lets on. ]

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[ As Sherlock is well enough aware that John is one of very, very few who even attempt to understand him. This sounds like more trouble than it's worth. ]

I'm fine, John.

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It's okay if you're not.

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Are you?

[ The real question, as far as he's concerned. ]

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[ The question, two words in length, is enough to make him feel like he's been punched in the gut. Leaves him winded, and he struggles on how to answer.

Finally, he settles one: ]

Better than I was.

[ Almost anywhere would make him better off than where he had been. ]