It has taken me... [ a deep inhale, a deeper sigh. morose. the sound of someone languishing without purpose. he may know it well. ] I don't know. This remains to be seen.
[...He does know it. He's suddenly sorry to have brought up what seems to be a point of uncertainty in her life, though it seems silly to feel that way. He is her future husband, is he not?]
[It shouldn't be surprising, because family is often a source of conflict, especially in the upper circles of English society. Sholmes himself will soon be shipped off to Oxford, for example, so that he might fully integrate himself into the rank and file. The idea both compels and disgusts; he would like to study the sciences, but only on his own time, and not amid peers who would dull his mind. He is upset, in some ways, with his family because it is not ideal, and yet they'd see him remain there all the same.
(In the future, he will get an entire case out of the friends he makes at university, having to do something with a man named Musgrave and a ritual, but that's years and years from now.)
Still, even this is not on the same level as he would call a... betrayal.]
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I hope I am helping you find that answer.
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[Murmured into her neck. He is glad to hear that.]
There’s nothing worse in life than stagnation.
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Some things.
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Mm, like what?
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Who would do such a thing?
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a low, hot murmur against his neck, ] No accounting for family.
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[It shouldn't be surprising, because family is often a source of conflict, especially in the upper circles of English society. Sholmes himself will soon be shipped off to Oxford, for example, so that he might fully integrate himself into the rank and file. The idea both compels and disgusts; he would like to study the sciences, but only on his own time, and not amid peers who would dull his mind. He is upset, in some ways, with his family because it is not ideal, and yet they'd see him remain there all the same.
(In the future, he will get an entire case out of the friends he makes at university, having to do something with a man named Musgrave and a ritual, but that's years and years from now.)
Still, even this is not on the same level as he would call a... betrayal.]
A jealous sibling...?