[ there's bemusement in his face, mild, by the time Prior's flumped down into the seat and bid John be silent with the raise of his hand. it hasn't been difficult to place him - between the quiet word shared earlier in the evening that someone's waiting for him, and the frankly unmissable vocal quality, he doesn't need to be Sherlock to suss that one out.
John sets down the pen that had been raised in a vain attempt to do a little personal note taking amidst what's been a surprisingly busy night, and affords his visitor his full attention. ]
I'm not exactly precious about it. You can be flippant, dying or not.
[ permission granted, alongside a certain flippancy of his own. he hasn't exactly got the full measure of the man yet, but if their conversation is anything to go by, flippancy trumps solemnity. now, at least, anyway. ]
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[ there's bemusement in his face, mild, by the time Prior's flumped down into the seat and bid John be silent with the raise of his hand. it hasn't been difficult to place him - between the quiet word shared earlier in the evening that someone's waiting for him, and the frankly unmissable vocal quality, he doesn't need to be Sherlock to suss that one out.
John sets down the pen that had been raised in a vain attempt to do a little personal note taking amidst what's been a surprisingly busy night, and affords his visitor his full attention. ]
I'm not exactly precious about it. You can be flippant, dying or not.
[ permission granted, alongside a certain flippancy of his own. he hasn't exactly got the full measure of the man yet, but if their conversation is anything to go by, flippancy trumps solemnity. now, at least, anyway. ]