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Bella leaves in due time. She calls Sherlock a week later with one of her father's Pokémon on the other end of the line; it is learned that being boxed is sort of like having almost fallen asleep or woken up but not quite, a drowsy half-conscious state with little attention to the passage of time. It is not unpleasant, at least in this 'mon's opinion.
Three weeks later, Bella flies to Lake Acuity again.
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bitofafiction
"I don't appear in records of Tony's childhood because I did not exist at the time," he says. "I am three and a half years old, and I am not Tony's twin; I am his clone. Patched with a little bit of Ditto DNA."
the_very_best
Bella opens her mouth.
Bella closes her mouth.
Bella says, "Today is Fantastic Revelation Day, is it?"
the_very_best
"You're very tall for a three year old. Tall and also articulate."
bitofafiction
"I had the normal amount of childhood in an abnormal amount of time, and caught up to Tony about when he turned fourteen."
the_very_best
"Is it the patching DNA that lets you understand Pokémon? - Is it rude to ask questions about this?"
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She blinks.
"Wow. That sounded - exactly like me, or anyway how I sound on recordings, not how I sound to myself."
"Wow. That sounded - exactly like me, or anyway how I sound on recordings, not how I sound to myself."
bitofafiction
"It did sound exactly like you," he says, resuming his normal voice. "I can do that. With anyone I've ever heard speaking."
the_very_best
"That's awesome. Does it do anything else? Not that that's not plenty."
bitofafiction
"Nothing so obvious. It might have had an influence on this or that other characteristic."
the_very_best
Bella nods. "Well, this certainly explains a bunch more odd remarks. I might actually be out of weird things about you to explain, now."
the_very_best
"I -" Bella frowns, starts counting on her fingers. "I can't remember when you said your - Tony's? How does that work? - parents died. Did you overlap with them at all?"
bitofafiction
"I never met them. And yes, they are Tony's parents and not mine. Insofar as I have parents, I suppose they are Tony and Mycroft, but Jarvis has filled that role more than either."
the_very_best
"Mycroft. Wow." She glances up at the ceiling. "So Jarvis predates you?"
bitofafiction
"More or less. He's not very interested in what you might call the wider social implications."
the_very_best
"That's fair, yeah. Wow. Why did Tony clone himself, or would I have to ask him?"
bitofafiction
"He was an extremely lonely child with a talent for making things and a poor grasp of long-term consequences," Sherlock says dryly. "He did it more or less to satisfy himself that he could."
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"...How are you on the 'wider social implications'?" Bella asks.