'John thanks for being ever so blunt but if you'll excuse the pun the fat lady has yet to grace us with her presence or her voice,now please do shut up my mind is awake and nagging me to use it'
John left Sherlock an hour and a half to himself while he tried to untangle what was their tent and poles.
'Now where do you go you little bugger?'
'John-
'Jesus Sherlock do you have to sneak up on people like that,I have a pole in my hand and Im still considering whether or not to use it'
Sherlock spun around manically settling on a point to the east.
'if you had used your acute geographical observation,you would have picked a spot over there where it's less rocky'
'Well maybe if you had been here to help I wouldn't have made such a stupid mistake'
'I was busy'
'what thinking,for the last hour,that tire you out did it need a little sleep maybe?'
'No actually I found that I didn't have enough facts yet to formulate a theory so I…I'
'YES?'
John waited to hear Sherlock admit to the fact that he had to gain his facts elsewhere.
'you what Sherlock?'
'I asked the locals a few questions not much just enough not to arouse their suspicions but enough to gauge whether our victim had close acquaintances here'
'oh so you had to speak to the locals to get help?'
'no I …merely had to gain a sense of this place and of the people Im dealing with'
'sherlock you never socialise with anyone unless you need something'
John recalled several times Sherlock had manipulated and used his charm on Molly and Irene once.
He missed a flicker of pain behind Sherlock's eyes as he said this and didn't catch Sherlock move swiftly to crouch beside him.
'John'
His icy blue eyes bore into John's.
'I never considered our friendship a pretense for some higher gain I was reaching for'
And with a swivel he was up and walking towards the hill
He had never before witnessed an adventuring Sherlock and smiled at the surprise of it…
