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[herrin]

And yet you're here. Speaking to me.

[seesobserves]

Yours wasn't frightening.

[herrin]

My what?

( he couldn't mean.. )

[seesobserves]

A bit simplistic, though. I very much doubt you were trying to avoid hurting everyone.

1/2

[herrin]

( there was only one thing that he could be referring to so pointedly, the only thing that made sense. her eyes widened as she gripped her wrist a bit tighter, her head throbbing in protest.

he'd seen her dream. )

2/2

[herrin]

No, not everyone.

Is that all you have to say?

[seesobserves]

[That.

Is a very good question.

One that is probably not best answered through text while he has a throbbing headache. But here they are.]

Not necessarily.

[Hedging, though, because now they're both in vulnerable positions. He's seen into her mind, but he's also being put in a position to admit it had an effect on him.]

Are the headaches a natural side-effect of telepathy?

[herrin]

( if his headache is anything like hers, she sympathizes. still, he probably doesn't have the bump on his head to match. )

Changing the subject? How very unlike you.

( she can only tease him for so long, however. after a moment, more text appears. )

I wouldn't know. However, I may have gotten a concussion when I first fell asleep. I'm not sure that is a side effect, or an unfortunate consequence of an unrelated event.

[seesobserves]

[There's a longer-than-usual pause between that message and his next one.

She's already admitted that she meant the part about not letting people hurt. She didn't dispute 'telepathy.'

It's a problem he keeps running into here. He keeps trying to treat her the same as he would anyone else, when she's already proven she can see past all that. Not only see past it, she has the ability to side-step all of it onto the other side.

He's let her, once before. Been trying to protect himself here because this isn't Pakistan -- someplace isolated, apart from everything and everyone else they know.

Perhaps there's a compromise to be made.]

How much truth was there to the rest of it?

[Lobbing the ball back to her. Leaving the door open to step through or not, as she chooses.]

[herrin]

( ah. now they're at the crux of the matter, and as usual, she'd prefer to dissemble rather than answer truthfully. hadn't she been honest enough? was it not enough that he'd seen something deeply personal? dreams were just that - dreams. she'd never intended that to actually take place, any more than she intended to ever tell him.

it felt as though it was a crossroads of their relationship, however. to keep moving forward, someone had to give. it was so often not her.. )

I don't know about you, but I don't lie to my subconscious.

( it was all true. damnably so. she's caught on tenterhooks, split between hanging up on him and ignoring him (childish and immature but also necessary) and admitting everything. )

I never thought I would see you again.

[seesobserves]

Likewise.

[Yet here they are. What, he can't help wondering, is the use in picking things up again? Their last encounter on Earth had such a sense of closure on it, as it was meant to.

On the other hand, ignoring their current situation seems to be creating more of a distraction than the alternative.]

[herrin]

( if he's not certain where to go from here, it is perhaps more surprising that she's also at a loss. he certainly seemed more open to the idea of seeing her than his earlier counterpart, but was it truly good for him? he had john for his good intentioned friend; he didn't need her anymore than she needed him. )

You won't tell John what you saw?

[seesobserves]

Not his business.

[Which he would have thought went without saying. He never used to share anything with John when it came to The Woman.

"Take care of him." She cares. It must have come about during their time here.

He sends out an amendment.]

He doesn't need to know.

[herrin]

( he's right about that. she hadn't cared about john, really, when they'd been home. she cared enough to move him and sherlock out of harm's way once it became apparent that the information she knew would put them in danger -- but that was mostly for sherlock's sake than john's.

perhaps she'd grown during her time here. at least their relationship had grown, she and john. )

Thank you.

( it's uncomfortable, this. )

It wasn't meant for you to see. ( she feels as though she ought to clarify. ) Don't overthink it.

[seesobserves]

[And that seems like as good a place as any to let it rest, for the time being. If she doesn't press the matter beyond this, he won't reply.]

[herrin]

( she'll leave it there, instead biting her lip and setting her phone aside. he's given her more than enough to think about. )