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Bell can listen as fast as she can read. Paper would be better for recording her life, but with her nifty little device, it's a close contest; besides, she's used to this. She glances at Sherlock occasionally while she directs the playback to skip around, reviewing this chat on physics and that on why Panem is economically implausible and the other on what books she ought to read (she thinks she's read them all, now, but she may as well check again if she'll be ushered back to Milliways at any moment.)
Usually Bell doesn't even reveal the recorder's existence in front of anyone. Having crossed that hurdle, she doesn't mind that she has to speak aloud in front of Sherlock to find what she's looking for.
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she_sells_seashells
sicaria
"Throwing the game requires more effort, and is therefore more interesting," she explains.
she_sells_seashells
"Huh. I'll see about curbing that. Or at least staring at misleading random cards."
she_sells_seashells
Milliways continues to be obstinate. It continues to be obstinate for long enough that Bell has the chance to observe:
"Sherlock, do you even sleep?"
"Sherlock, do you even sleep?"
sicaria
"Occasionally," she says.
Bell may know Sherlock well enough by now to detect an evasion. Or not.
Bell may know Sherlock well enough by now to detect an evasion. Or not.
she_sells_seashells
"Less than I do, such that you're not groggy when I'm waking up or yawning when I'm falling asleep," clarifies Bell. "That kind of occasionally? Or more like a not-since-I-came-on-the-train occasionally?"
she_sells_seashells
"I can't see you when I'm asleep," Bell points out. "Would it help if I re-oriented so I wound up with my head under your bed? Or under the bed entirely? I don't want you kept up at night on my account, whether or not Milliways is being obnoxious."
sicaria
"'Anyone' includes an open window with no one on the other side. People sleeping under my bed likewise qualify. I expect I will survive until we get home."
she_sells_seashells
"It can't be pleasant, though. You don't think it's worth the risk to put me in Tony's room for a few hours out of a day so you can catch catnaps?"
(District Four does have cats. Big, mean ratters. But still cats, and still they nap.)
(District Four does have cats. Big, mean ratters. But still cats, and still they nap.)
she_sells_seashells
"Okay, if you say so. You know more about your tolerances than I do."
she_sells_seashells
"Still, I hope Tony can get the door to work soon. I... am now sort of worried that it can tell he's trying on my behalf, and whatever makes it stay away from me so long is contagious like that. Do you suppose that's possible?"
she_sells_seashells
"Maybe next time he should open the door while pretending it's for you, regardless."
she_sells_seashells
"I'm always afraid I'll never see it again. I mean, I act like I'm not. I leave things there. I walk out the door, I never waited until I was so hungry I had to crawl. But I'm always afraid of it. And once I made it onto the train I wasn't, for a bit, because I wasn't going to be the one trying, and now I am again."
she_sells_seashells
"Not your fault. Fucking Milliways."
(Bell is quite willing to discuss her displeasure with aspects of the establishment when she is not actually in it.)
(Bell is quite willing to discuss her displeasure with aspects of the establishment when she is not actually in it.)