(ooc: Sorry I took a little longer getting back to this one, wanted to actually do some research on what was published in novel form that year if I did my math right! The ridiculousness of what I discovered worked well XD)
Oh... It was ‘A Study in Scarlet,’ actually.
[His expression (a small wry smile) suggested that yes, he knows exactly how that sounds.]
And uh— no, that’s not why I became a detective. Although that would be more amusing, I suppose.
[And it is a nice memory, it managed to lighten his mood somewhat. They had always made him feel like be belonged, after a time it had been like they had always been family regardless of how he’d been dropped into their lives. It was nice to be able to talk about a good moment now, rather than dwell on the bad despite how easy that would have been at the moment.]
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Oh... It was ‘A Study in Scarlet,’ actually.
[His expression (a small wry smile) suggested that yes, he knows exactly how that sounds.]
And uh— no, that’s not why I became a detective. Although that would be more amusing, I suppose.
[And it is a nice memory, it managed to lighten his mood somewhat. They had always made him feel like be belonged, after a time it had been like they had always been family regardless of how he’d been dropped into their lives. It was nice to be able to talk about a good moment now, rather than dwell on the bad despite how easy that would have been at the moment.]