infinitelystranger: Sherlock concentrates looking into a microscope. (shoe science)
Sherlock Holmes ([personal profile] infinitelystranger) wrote in [community profile] taxonomites 2013-07-19 06:16 am (UTC)

"A scientist," says Sherlock with a slight smile.

He sets bow to strings again like he's going to just leave her with that--but after a moment he looks up again, through his eyelashes. It certainly hasn't escaped general notice that Sherlock Holmes has a flair for the dramatic. "In philosophy," he says. "Professionally I was a detective. I worked with--with the Metropolitan Police Service," he says with a frown, as if he's wondering if there even is a Metropolitan Police Service or for that matter a United Kingdom in Metody's world (which he is). "On retainer, though. Consultations. Otherwise I was a private investigator, I suppose. That calls to mind something very noir, doesn't it," he says with a disdainful snort. "Nothing like that. Ninety-nine parts perspiration to every sliver of inspiration. It's all details, Miss Green--the difference between an arrest and an unsolved crime is a detail."

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