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Bella goes to Mercury to do her forking.
She decides - since she can order up a custom fork at all - that her fork might as well have a copy of all her memories since she found Soph. To understand, to know what she's doing in the world, to not instantly want to punch Juliet in the nose for mishandling Soph in some way. To know what day it is, if nothing else.
Wish.
And then there are two.
And the new one cocks her head, and says, "Don't worry, we can merge - well, I will, anyway, who knows if the crystal ball was lying - but first why don't we surprise Sherlock?"
And the not-new one smiles, and says, "Why not?"
And at precisely the same time, they teleport, wearing matching smiles.
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Sherlock looks at one Juliet. Sherlock looks at the other Juliet.
Sherlock grins.
Sherlock grins.
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"Hi," they say at the same time.
"Hey, can you tell us apart?" giggles one of them.
"Hey, can you tell us apart?" giggles one of them.
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"Trivially. Two different ways. I have not yet chosen to make either experiment."
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"What're your ideas?" says the other one, as they sidle up to him in a snuggly manner.
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He grins and snuggles both of them.
"Method one: I suspect one of you is carrying significantly more coins than the other. Method two: You do not each have a complete record of my interactions with the other, but I have a complete record of my interactions with both of you. So if I were to make some trivial statement that references a memory one of you has and the other does not, I would only need to observe who understood it."
"Method one: I suspect one of you is carrying significantly more coins than the other. Method two: You do not each have a complete record of my interactions with the other, but I have a complete record of my interactions with both of you. So if I were to make some trivial statement that references a memory one of you has and the other does not, I would only need to observe who understood it."
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"You're very clever," observes the first one, and she nibbles his ear.
"The coin thing is fixed now," adds the second, and she kisses his neck.
"The coin thing is fixed now," adds the second, and she kisses his neck.
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"I think," says Sherlock, "there has been an inefficient distribution of nibbling here."
He kisses a randomly chosen Juliet.
"Shall we remedy that?"
He kisses a randomly chosen Juliet.
"Shall we remedy that?"
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"Yes," says the randomly chosen Juliet. "That sounds like a lovely idea."
The other one repositions accommodatingly. "You'll have room for seconds, won't you?"
The other one repositions accommodatingly. "You'll have room for seconds, won't you?"
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"Oh good," purrs Dessert.
"Much fairer that way," says Dinner.
"Much fairer that way," says Dinner.
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Dinner gets a kiss, and then she gets collected into his lap, and then she gets bitten.
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"Is that what it sounds like from the outside," comments Dessert impishly, when Dinner makes a noise.
"Nnnnshutup," moans Dinner, "we're gonna - Sherlock - gonna be the same person in a bit - fuck -"
"Nnnnshutup," moans Dinner, "we're gonna - Sherlock - gonna be the same person in a bit - fuck -"
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Sherlock snuggles Dinner and hums contentedly against her neck. [I think it sounds lovely,] he tells both of them.
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"You ought to," giggles Dessert.
"Nnnnnnn," whines Dinner.
"Nnnnnnn," whines Dinner.
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[I am feeling the delectable,] manages Dinner.
Dessert chuckles.
Dessert chuckles.
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Eventually predictive squirming gives way to telltale shaking and Dinner goes half-limp in his arms.
Dessert smirks.
Dessert smirks.
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Dinner accepts both - and then gets out of the way.
Dessert slides into Sherlock's lap.
Dessert slides into Sherlock's lap.
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"I love you," he says, hugging her close and pecking her on the cheek.
And then there are nibbles!
And then there are nibbles!