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How do you ordinarily celebrate Valentine's Day? Inquiring minds would like to know.

[ the next bit is intended to be private to a mr. sherlock holmes, but it goes very much awry and is public for all to see. not that they would understand the nuance. ]

Dinner?

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[ Valentine's Day? Eeeugh. ]

Reading. Valentine's Day is girl stuff.

You've never gotten chocolate from someone? Or wanted to give someone chocolate?

No, but dad did once take me to a crime scene where this laced her husband's chocolate with sleeping pills and then tried to frame his mistress for stabbing him.

Of course he did.

Do you like chocolate?

[ Obviously the best place for a six year old. ]

As long as it's not poisoned.

Why would I do that?

The poisoned ones are for Mr. Holmes.

[ Wait. What? He was kidding. Well sort of. He would really prefer no poison in his chocolate. ]

But I thought you liked him.

Exactly.

Huh? How does that work?

Perhaps when you're older.

[ ... ]

Are you fighting?

No, not at all.

[ on the contrary, they're playing. ]

You aren't just saying that, are you? Because Ran's parents fight all the time and then try to convince her they aren't.

[ He may or may not have just inadvertently admitted to thinking of them as parents. Whoops. ]

[ she is so amused, she cannot express it properly. ]

I'm not just saying that. Ask him yourself, or Dr. Watson.

If they're part of it then their testimony is hardly reliable.

And mine is?

I'm flattered by your faith in me.

No, I'm saying that if you are just saying that then you're hardly likely to admit to it and if they're part of it neither will they.

We aren't fighting. I promise.

If you say so.

Believe me when I say that it would brighten his day to receive poisoned chocolates.

Simply so he could have the pleasure of figuring out who sent them.