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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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Bella laughs. "Thanks."

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"One rude question is still taking it better than expected."

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"What do you usually expect?"

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"I usually don't. You're the first human I've spoken to outside the family."

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"Oh!" says Bella, surprised. "I'm - flattered, I think, why me?"

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"You seemed all right."

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Bella snorts. "Well, good, I aspire to seem all right. Er, to what extent are you the house? 'Cause, I've stayed over here before."

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"All the electrical systems in the tower are under my control."

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"But you don't, like, have cameras in the bathrooms or anything?"

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"No. Although it's most often safe to assume that if something is happening in the tower, I can hear it."

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"...Noted. Thanks for letting me know."

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"I can also, by request, stop listening," he adds.

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"That's good to know."

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"Any other exciting revelations?" Bella inquires, of either Tony or Jarvis, it's not clear since Jarvis has no obvious eyes to make eye contact with.

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"...um... maybe," says Tony.

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"...Maybe?"

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He sighs. "Sorry. Just. Some things are not really mine to tell."

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"Whose are they, then, you've got me curious."

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Tony shakes his head. "You'll find out or you won't."

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Bella sighs. "Yes. That is the case."

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So... awkward silence, then?

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Meh. "So did Sherlock tell you about the results of his conversation with my dad's Noctowl about boxing?"

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"Yep! I'm glad it seems like it doesn't suck for them."

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"Yeah. Although it probably doesn't compare that favorably to running wild for anything without natural predators."